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Cornelius Ryan Collection of World War II Papers, Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Ohio University The Last Battle Inventory List First published by Simon & Schuster in 1966. The Last Battle has been translated into Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovenian, Spanish, and Swedish. Table of Contents Cornelius Ryan Collection of World War II Papers, Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Ohio University .....1 Initial Research ...................................................................................................................................................................2 Allied Political and Military Leadership ............................................................................................................................... 6 American Forces .............................................................................................................................................................. 10 French Forced Labor ........................................................................................................................................................ 29 German Civilians ...............................................................................................................................................................30 German Forces .................................................................................................................................................................44 Russian Forces ....................................................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. Condensed Research.............................................................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined. Book Material .......................................................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. Screenplay Material ................................................................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined. Photographs ..................................................................................................................................................................... 66 Flag images on the pages below are from the Wikimedia Commons.

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Cornelius Ryan Collection of World War II Papers, Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Ohio University

The Last Battle Inventory List

First published by Simon & Schuster in 1966.

The Last Battle has been translated into Arabic, Chinese,

Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew,

Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Norwegian,

Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbo-Croatian,

Slovenian, Spanish, and Swedish.

Table of Contents Cornelius Ryan Collection of World War II Papers, Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Ohio University ..... 1 Initial Research ................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Allied Political and Military Leadership ............................................................................................................................... 6 American Forces .............................................................................................................................................................. 10 French Forced Labor ........................................................................................................................................................ 29 German Civilians ............................................................................................................................................................... 30 German Forces ................................................................................................................................................................. 44 Russian Forces ....................................................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. Condensed Research.............................................................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined. Book Material .......................................................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. Screenplay Material ................................................................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined. Photographs ..................................................................................................................................................................... 66

Flag images on the pages below are from the Wikimedia Commons.

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Box 38

Initial Research

• Folder 5

o Outline, ideas and framework. • Book outline and framework (Ts carbon, 4p.; c.2 Ts, 3p.).

• Draft letter concerning project to Hobe lewis (Ts with holo revisions, 3p.).

• List of documents needed (photostat, 3p.).

• People to be located (Ts, 1p.).

• List of military units which need records located (Ts carbon, 1p.).

• Memo Bruce Lee to Ryan on analysis of MS #P-136, June 25, 1962 (Ts, 5p.).

• Memo G. Fort to Ryan on various research documents, Aug 14, 1962 (Ts with holo

additions, 1p.).

• Notebook with ideas, Frau Ilona Hohenau interview (holo, 49p.).

• Folder 6

o List of book characters with location and nationality (Ts, 2p.).

o Notes on units, personnel, material to be used in research (holo, 25p.).

• Folder 7

o “Who Was a Nazi?”, Office of Military Government for Germany, United States, Berlin, June, 1946

(brochure, 36p.).

• Folder 8

o “Berlin”, Ullstein Publishing Co, Templhof, Berlin, ca. Aug, 1961 (20p.).

• Folder 9

o SCOOP (Press Club of San Francisco publication), 1946 (160p.).

Box 39

• Folder 1

o Listing of Historical Division, U.S. Army, Europe, publication series (photostat with holo notations,

8p.).

o *Historical Division, U.S. Army, Europe, was consolidated into the Office of Chief Military History

(OCMH). All documents will be labeled “OCMH”, regardless of origin.

• Folder 2 – OCMH publications.

o Willemer, Wilhelm, “The German Defense of Berlin”, MS #P-136 (xerox, 69p.).

• Folder 3

o Rendulic, Lothar, “A Gp South”, MS #B-328 (xerox, 18p.).

• Folder 4

o “The Fighting Qualities of the Russian Solider”, MS #D-036 (xerox, 12p.).

• Folder 5

o Bauer, Magna, “The End of Army Group Weichsel and Twelfth Army, April 27 – May 7, 1945″, MS

#R-69 (xerox, 96p.).

• Folder 6

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o Blumentritt, Gunther, “Battles Fought by the First Parachute Army between 28 March and 9

April 1945 (east of the Rhine)”, MS #B-354 (xerox, 20p.).

• Folder 7

o Wagener, Carl, “A Gp B – Estimate of the Situation concerning the Remagen Bridgehead”, MS

#B-593 (xerox, 18p.).

• Folder 8

o Estor, Fritz, “Eleventh Army (1-23 April 1945)”, MS #B-581 (xerox, 46p.).

• Folder 9

o “The Last Russian Offensive 1945, XXVII Corps Sector”, MS #D-281 (xerox, 63p.).

• Folder 10

o Von Edelsheim, “Capitulation Negotiations between the 12 (German) Armee and the 9th

(American) Army, which took place at Syendal on 4 May 1945″, MS #B-220 (xerox, 7p.).

• Folder 11

o Arndt, Karl, “XXXIX Panzer Corpe (22 Apr – 7 May 45)”, MS #B-221 (xerox, 30p.).

• Folder 12

o Blumentritt, Gunther, “The Last Battles of ‘A.O.K. Blumentritt’ 10 Apr – 5 May 45″, MS #B-361

(xerox, 30p.).

• Folder 13

o Blimentritt, Gunther, “The Inhumanity of Modern Warfare”, MS #B-662 (xerox, 13p.).

• Folder 14

o Schramm, Percy, “Wehrmacht losses (World War II)”, MS #B-176 (xerox, 34p.).

• Folder 15

o Wagener, Carl, “The Remagen Bridgehead (11 Mar 45 – 21 Mar 45)”, ch.6 of MS #A-965 (xerox,

19p.).

• Folder 16

o Raus, Erhard, “The ‘Pomeranian Battle’ and the Command in the East”, MS #D-189 (xerox,

36p.).

• Folder 17

o Wenck, “Report on the Twelfth Army”, MS #B- 394 (xerox, 8p.).

• Folder 18-19

o Boldt, Gerhard, IN THE SHELTER WITH HILTER (pp. 1-78, xerox; complete; 3 copies).

• Folder 20

o Oldfield, Barney, NEVER A SHOT FIRED IN ANGER (pp. 210-241, xerox).

• Folder 21

o Montgomery, Fldm Bernard, NORMANDY TO THE BALTIC (pp. 261-277, xerox; 2 copies).

• Folder 22

o Saunders, Hilary St George, THE RED BERET (pp. 310-315, xerox).

• Folder 23

o Weidling, Helmut, “The Final Battle in Berlin (April 23 to May 2, 1945)”,

o WEHRWISSENSCHAFTLICHE RUNDSCHAU, #1- 3, Jan-Mar, 1962 (Ts, 31p.; c.2 carbon, 31p.).

Box 40

• Folder 1

o Simonov, Konstantin, “As Victor in Berlin” (Ts with holo revisions, 8p.).

• Folder 2

o Gruber, Heinrich, “To Live with the Russians”, STERN, May 2, 1965 (Ts with holo revisions, 9p.).

• Folder 3

o DIE GESCHICHTE DES PANZERKORPS GROSSDEUTSCHLAND (History of the Tank Corps

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“Grossdeutschland”), ch.7 (English: Ts, 3p.; c.2 carbon, 3p.).

• Folder 4

o Von Tippelskirch, Kurt, HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR (pp. 656ff as Ts, 10p.; c.2

carbon, 9p.).

• Folder 5

o Kesselring, Fldm, MEMOIRS (pp. 237-319, xerox).

• Folder 6

o McMillian, Richard, MIRACLE BEFORE BERLIN (pp. 128-160, xerox).

• Folder 7

o Lederrey, E., GERMANY’S DEFEAT IN THE EAST – 1941-45 (pp. 195-230, xerox).

• Folder 8

o D’Arcy-Dawson, John, EUROPEAN VICTORY (pp. 267-299, xerox).

• Folder 9

o Singh, Brig Thakur, “The Battle of Berlin”, JOURNAL OF THE UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION OF

INDIA, v.79-80, 1949-50 (pp.163-168, xerox).

• Folder 10

o Trevor-Roper, Hugh, THE LAST DAYS OF HITLER (pp. 265- 273, xerox).

• Folder 11

o Montgomery, Fldm Bernard, “An Approach to Sanity”, CHICHELE LECTURE, May, 1959 (pp.43-94,

xerox).

• Folder 12

o Axmann, Artur, “With Hitler in His Bunker”, STERN, Apr 25, 1965 (Ts with holo revisions, 35p.).

o Letter John Flint to Ryan, TLS, June 9, 1965 (1p.).

• Folder 13

o Bradley, Omar, A SOLIDER’S STORY (pp. 530-539, 543-554, xerox).

• Folder 14

o Leahy, Adm William, I WAS THERE (pp. 350-365, xerox).

• Folder 15

o Bernadotte, Count Folke, THE CURTAIN FALLS (pp. 86-94, 104-119, xerox).

• Folder 16

o Deane, John, THE STRANGE ALLIANCE (pp. 134-139, 142-155, 162-181, xerox).

• Folder 17

o Lee, Bruce, NEWSWEEK article, May 9, 1960 (photostat, 3p.).

• Folder 18

o LOOK, Jan 6, 1959; May 4, 1965; June 1, 1965.

• Folder 19

o TRUE, March 1963.

• Folder 20

o NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, Sept 12, 1965; Dec 26, 1965.

• Folder 21

o “Berlin/1964″, ESQUIRE, July 1964 (pp. 35-40).

• Folder 22

o NEW YORKER, Apr 7, 14, 28, 1951; May 5, 1951.

Box 41

• Folder 1

o “La Chute de Berlin”, PARIS MATCH, Feb 20, 1965.

• Folder 2

o Donnison, F.S.V., HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR – CIVIL AFFAIRS AND MILITARY

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GOVERNMENT NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-46 (pp. 187-205, xerox).

• Folder 3

o Riess, Curt, THE BERLIN STORY (pp. 12-15, xerox).

o ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945 (Official RAF history), v.3 (pp. 288, 292 as Ts, 1p.).

o Webster, Sir Charles, THE STRATEGIC AIR OFFENSIVE AGAINST GERMANY 1939-45, v.3 (p. 199 as

Ts, 1p.).

o Byford-Jones, BERLIN TWLIGHT (pp. 29-32, xerox).

o Thorwald, Jurgen, FLIGHT IN THE WINTER (Ts carbon, 1p.).

o Morgan, Gen Sir Frederick, PEACE AND WAR (pp. 206, 211- 213 as Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 4

o “The War Ends in Europe”, LIFE, May 14, 1945 (xerox, 17p.).

• Folder 5

o Powell, Robert, “Berlin Today”, FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW, Oct, 1945 (pp. 234-239, xerox).

• Folder 6

o Baldwin, Hanson W., “America at War: Victory in Europe”, FOREIGN AFFAIRS, July, 1945 (pp.

527-542, xerox).

• Folder 7

o Cartier, Raymond, “The Day Hitler Died”, PARIS MATCH, July 6, 1962 (English: Ts, 36p.).

• Folder 8

o “Letter from Berlin”, NEW YORKER, Aug 4, 1945 (photostat, 6p.).

• Folder 9

o “Berlin: The Broken City”, ATLANTIC MONTHLY supplement, Dec, 1963 (pp. 84-134).

• Folder 10

o Nichol, David M., excerpts from Washington POST articles, Dec 25-27, 1961 (mimeograph, 9p.).

• Folder 11

o Letter John Wilhelm to Ryan, TLS, Mar 18, 1965 (1p.).

o Newspaper and magazine articles, Apr – May, 1945 (77 items: 215p.).

• Folder 12

o Newspaper and magazine articles, 1963-1965 (15 items: 39p.).

o Note James Gavin to Ryan, TNS, June 21, 1965 (1p.).

• Folder 13

o HELL ON WHEELS (2nd Armored Div newsletter), v.1, #1-7, 9-17, May 9 – Sept 6, 1945 (16 issues:

xerox, 62p.).

Cab 81204

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o New York newspapers, Apr 11-14, 1945 (photostat, 62p.).

Cab 113631

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o Maps.

• Germany (composite), scale 1:100,00, 1952.

• Berlin (composite), scale 1:20,000, 1945.

• Area maps.

• Rendsburg, scale 1:100,00, 1958 (2 copies).

• Boizenburg, scale 1:100,000, 1959 (2 copies).

• Ahrensburg, scale 1:100,000, 1959 (2 copies).

• Luneburg, scale 1:100,000, 1954 (2 copies).

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• Kiel, scale 1:100,000, 1959 (2 copies).

• Lubeck, scale 1:100,000, 1959 (2 copies).

• Flensburg, scale 1:250,000, 1958 (2 copies).

• Slupsk, scale 1:250,000 1952.

• Pila, scale 1:250,000 1954.

• Poznan, scale 1:250,000, 1960.

• Gdansk, scale 1:250,000, 1959.

• Bydgoszcz, scale 1:250,000, 1960.

• Olsztyn, scale 1:250,000, 1959.

• Wloclawek, scale 1:250,000, 1960.

• Karl-marx-Stadt (Chemnitz), scale 1:250,000, 1959.

• Praha, scale 1:250,000, 1959.

• Lodz, scale 1:2500,000, 1960.

• Radom, scale 1:250,000, 1959.

• Kielce, scale 1:250,000, 1958.

• Krakow, scale 1:250,000, 1960.

Allied Political and Military Leadership Box 42

• Folder 1-2

o Allied War Diaries Sept 4, 1944 – June, 1945: messages,memos, reports, minutes between

SHAEF and CCS (Ts, Ts carbon, xerox, 330p.).

• Folder 3-4

o SHAEF files Nov 10, 1943 – Mar 31, 1945: letters, memos, messages, minutes, reports between

SHAEF and CCS and SHAEF internal activities (Ts, Ts carbon, xerox, 313p.).

• Folder 5

o “Report by te Supreme Commander to the Combined Chiefs of State on the Operations in

Europe of the Allied Expeditionary Force”, Feb 12, 1944 (pp. vi-vii, 105-120, xerox with holo

marginalia).

Box 43

• Folder 1

o Roster of CCS committees, July, 1, 1943 (Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 2

o Churchill, Winston S., THE SECOND WORLD WAR, v.6 (pp.399-411, 443-444, 454-485, 506-529,

668-676, xerox).

• Folder 3

o Counsell, John • Counsell, COUNSELL’S OPINION (manuscript copy: pp. 106-120, xerox)

• Background paper: “Political Decision-making Machinery for Germany/Berlin Question, with

Special Reference to the British Position (1943-45)” (Ts , 7p.)

• Letter Counsell to Ryan, TLS, June 22, 1963 (1p.; c.2 xerox, 1p.)

• “Instrument of Unconditional Surrender of Germany to the Supreme Commands of the

United States of America, the United Kingdom, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics”

(E.A.C. version, Ts xerox, 8p.; 8 copies)

• G-3 SHAEF to Chief of Staff, GCT 384.1- 1/Plans, May, 1945, subject: Negotiations for the

Surrender (xerox, 1p.; 2 copies)

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• “Agreement between the Allied High Commands and Certain German Emmissaries” (3

drafts, 10 items: Ts carbon with holo notations, 2p., xerox, 8p.)

• “Agreement between the Allied High Commands and Certain German Emmissaries”

(German: Ts, 3p.)

• “Act of Military Surrender” (draft, Ts, 1p.)

• “Orders by the Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force Relating to Army and Air

Forces under German Control” (mimeograph, 1p.; c.2-3 xerox, 1p.)

• “Special Orders by the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force to the German

High Command Relating to Naval Forces” (xerox, 18p.; 2 copies).

• “Special Orders by the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force to the German

High Command Relating to Naval Forces” (German: mimeograph, 18p.)

• Terms of surrender and instructions from SHAEF to CCS (draft cable: xerox, 4p.; 2 copies).

• “Act of Military Surrender” (Rheims version: Ts carbon, 2p.; c.2 carbon, 2p.; c.3 xerox,

2p.).

• “Act of Military Surrneder” (German, Rheims version: Ts, 2p.).

• “Undertaking Given by Certain German Emissaries to the Allied High Commands” (Rheims

version: xerox, 1p.; 4 copies).

• “Act of Surrender” (official English text, Rheims version: xerox, 2p.; 3 copies).

• “Act of Surrender” (official Russian text, Rheims version: xerox, 3p.; 2 copies).

• “Act of Surrender” (official German text, Rheims version: xerox, 2p.; 2 copies).

• “Act of Military Surrender” (Berlin version, draft: Ts carbon with holo revisions, 2p.; c.2

Ts, 2p.).

• “Act of Military Surrender” (Berlin version: xerox, 3p.; 3 copies).

• “Act of Military Surrender” (German text: xerox, 3p.).

• Doentiz orders to Gens Keitel and Stumpf and Adm von Friedeburg to surrender, May 7,

1945 (German: xerox, 1p.; 2 copies).

• “Act of Military Surrender” as transmitted by SHAEF Public Relations Division, to London

and Washington for release, May 9, 1945 (mimeograph, 2p.).

• News release on surrender negotiations from SHAEF Public Relations Division (mimeograph,

6p.).

• Newspaper articles (2 items: 4p.).

• Letter Desmond O’Neill to Ryan, TLS, July 10,1963 (1p.).

• Photograph, 1963 (1 item).

• Folder 4

o Deane, Gen, (Interview missing)

o Box B

• Dictaphone belts (2 items).

• Folder 5

o Dingley, Col Nelson, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; c.2 xerox, 2p.)

o Letter to Lee, TLS, Jan 5, 1963 (2p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Apr 21, 1966 (2p.).

• Folder 6

o Eisenhower, Gen Dwight D., • Letter Lee to Ryan, TLS, Dec 12, 1962 (1p.)

• with Magazine article (photostat, 2p.),

• Letter to Ryan, TL photostat, Dec 17, 1962 (6p.),

• AEF command structure and corps composition (holo, 2p.),

• Flynn, John T., “Why Eisenhower’s Armies Did Not Take Berlin”, READER’S DIGEST, Sept,

1948 (pp.59-61, xerox).

• Newspaper article (xerox, 1p.).

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• Folder 7

o Eisenhower, Dwight D., Interview (Ts, 42p.; c.2 xerox, 42p.)

o Box 74 • Magnetic recording tape (1 reel).

• Folder 8

o Harriman, W. Averell, Interview (Ts, 16p.; c.2-6 carbon, 16p.),

o Statement submitted to a Joint Senate Committee, Aug 17, 1951, “Our Wartime Relations with

the Soviet Union, Particularly as They Concern the Agreements Reached at Yalta” (photostat,

56p.).

• Folder 9

o Hull, John E., Interview (Ts, 9p.; c.2-6 carbon, 9p.).

• Folder 10

o Mosley, Philip E., Interview (Ts, 7p.; c.2-6 carbon, 7p.),

• Mosley, “Dismemberment of Germany, the Allied Negotiations from Yalta to Potsdam”,

FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Apr, 1950 (pp.497-498, xerox; 2 copies).

• Mosley, “The Occupation of Germany, New Light on How the Zones were Drawn”, FOREIGN

AFFAIRS, July, 1950 (pp. 580-604, xerox;3 copies).

• Woodward, Llewellyn, HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR (pp. 476-478, xerox).

• Letter “Jamey” to Ryan, TLS, May 24, 1965 (1p.) with Bailey, George, “The Russians at

Reims”, THE REPORTER, May 20, 1965 (pp. 34-36).

• Magazine article (1p.).

• Folder 11

o Parks, Maj Gen Floyd L., Diary excerpts Mar 12 – Aug 9, 1945 (Ts, 7p.; c.2-5 carbon, 7p.).

• Folder 12

o Roosevelt, Franklin D.,

• Letter Lee to Ryan, TLS, Nov 5, 1964 (1p.)

• with Churchill, Allen, THE ROOSEVELTS (manuscript copy: pp. 531-536, xerox).

• Letter Lee to Ryan, TLS, Dec 18, 1964 (1p.)

• with DECISION: THE CONFLICTS OF HARRY S.TRUMAN, “No Greater Burden” (screenplay

script), Screen Gems, 1964 (8p.).

• Memo Harriman to Ryan, TMS, Oct 12, 1963 (1p.) with Letter Mrs Paul G. Hoffman to

Harriman, TLS xerox, June 3, 1963 (2p.).

• Newspaper article, 1945 (xerox, 1p.).

Box 44

• Folder 1

o Smith, Lt Gen Walter Bedell, “Eisenhower’s Six Great Decisions”, SATURDAY EVENING POST,

pts. 1, 2, 6, 1946 (photostat, 23p.).

o Newspaper articles (3 items: 1p.).

• Folder 2

o White, Harry D.,

• Statement of J. Edgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation, before the

Subcommittees to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and other

Internal Security Laws, Nov 17, 1953 (Ts, 12p.).

• Report of the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act

and other Internal Security Laws to the Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, 83rd

Congress, on Interlocking Subversion in Government Departments, July 30, 1953 (50p.).

• Memo Methvin to Ryan and Lee concerning Harry Dexter White’s Communist connections,

Oct 7, 1963 (Ts, 2p.).

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• Folder 3 o Whiteley, Sir John, Interview (Ts, 4p.).

• Folder 4

o SHAEF troop disposition maps (2 items).

• Folder 5

o Military orders concerning advance beyond the Elbe River.

• Hq, 9th Army to Corps commanders, Apr 15, 1945, subject: Future Operations (xerox, 1p.).

• Hq, 9th Army to Corps commanders, Apr 13, 1945, subject: Current Operations (xerox, 1p.;

2 copies).

• Memo, Gen Bradley to U.S. Army Group commanders, Apr 11, 1945, subject: Current

Operations (xerox, 1p.).

• SHAEF planning staff memo, Apr 14, 1945, subject: Operations After Reaching River Elbe

(Ts carbon, 6p.).

• Hq, 12th Army, Letter of Instructions Number Twenty, Apr 4, 1945 (xerox, 3p.).

• Hq, 9th Army, Letter of Instructions Number Nineteen, Apr 7, 1945 (xerox,6p.) with

Amendment Number One, Apr 11, 1945 (xerox, 1p.).

• Hq, 9th Army, Letter of Instructions Number Eighteen, Mar 29, 1945 (xerox, 5p.).

Operation ECLIPSE.

• Folder 6

o SHAEF Appreciation and Outline Plan, Nov 10, 1944 (24p.).

o German translation of captured SHAEF Appreciation and Outline Plan, Nov 10, 1944

(photograph, 36p.).

o English translation of German copy of captured SHAEF Appreciation and Outline Plan (Ts, 36p.).

o Dempsey, Sir Miles, OPERATIONS OF THE 2ND ARMY IN EUROPE (pp. 433-437, xerox).

o “The Road to Berlin”, an episode in “The Twentieth Century”, CBS Telvision Network, Final

transcript, Oct 31, 1963 (25p.).

European Advisory Commission.

• Folder 7

o Memo Lee to Ryan, TL, Jan 28, 1965 (1p.) with Summary of E.A.C. documents concerning the

partition of Germany (Ts, 11p., xerox, 7p.).

o Ltter Attlee to Ryan?, ALS, June 28, 1963 (1p.).

o Strang, Lord, HOME AND ABROAD (pp. 199-225, xerox).

o Feis, Herbert, CHURCHILL, ROOSEVELT, STALIN (pp.358-373, xerox).

o Feis, Herbert, BETWEEN WAR AND PEACE (pp. 3- 20, 327-332, xerox).

o Warner, Albert L., “Our Secret Deal over Germany”, SATURDAY EVENING POST, Aug 2, 1952

(xerox, 5p.).

o Newspaper article (2p.).

• Folder 8

o SHAEF Handbook Governing Policy and Procedure for the Military Occupation of Germany, Dec,

1944 (160p.).

• Folder 9

o Protocol of the Berlin Conference, Aug 1, 1945 (page 1: photograph, negative).

Cab 81204

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o Maps.

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• Berlin, showing zones of occupation, scale 1:12,500, 1950.

• Germany, showing administrative zones of occupation, as of July 1, 1944, 1946.

American Forces

Box 44

9th Army

• Folder 10

o “History of the 9th Army Operations Brest to

Elbe, 1944-45″ (xerox, 8p.).

o After action reports, Hq, Dec 1944 – June 1945 (pp. 7-12, xerox).

o Notes on Letters of Instructions, 9th Army to units, Mar 29, Apr 7, 11, 1945 (Ts, 2p.).

o G-3 Journal, Apr 1-5, 1945 (xerox, 26p.).

• Folder 11

o Hundley, Col Daniel H., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 12

o Millener, Col George A., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 13

o Moore, Maj Gen James E., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 14

o Simpson, Lt Gen William H., Interview (Ts, 19p.),

o Letter to Ryan, ALS, Apr 14, 1966 (2p.),

o Letter to Ryan, ALS, May 2, 1966 (2p.) with

o Letter to NY TIMES editor on Gen S.L.A. Marshall’s review of Toland’s THE LAST 100 DAYS and

Ryan’s THE LAST BATTLE (Ts carbon, 4p.) and

o Letters to Simpson from Gens White, Macon, and Oliver and Cols Sloan and Artman (5 items:

xerox, 15p.),

o Box 74 • Magnetic recording of interview (1 reel).

13th Corps

• Folder 15

o Excerpts from Letters of Instruction, Apr 14, 1945 (4 items: Ts, 5p., Ts carbon, 1p., xerox, 3p.).

• Folder 16

o ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DAYS (history of the 13th Corps) (pp. 1-44, xerox).

• Folder 17

o Cosgrove, Maj Warner G., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.), Interview (Ts, 4p.; c.2-6 carbon, 4p.).

• Folder 18

o Gillem, Maj Gen Alvan C., Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.; c.2 xerox, 3p.),

o Interview (Ts, 11p.; c.2-6 carbon, 11p.),

o Letter to Lee, TLS, Nov 26, 1962 (1p.).

• Folder 19

o Hasslinger, Lt Col Harry E., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 20

o Kaiser, Lt Col Maurice E., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

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84th Infantry Division.

• Folder 21

o After action report, Rhine-Ruhr-Elbe Operation, Mar 24-May 1, 1945 (xerox, 65p.).

• Folder 22

o Ayers, Lt Kenneth L., Questionnaire (holo, 5p.; c.2 xerox, 3p.).

• Folder 23

o Barret, Brig Gen Charles J., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.), Interview (Ts, 5p.; c.2-5 carbon, 5p.).

• Folder 24

o Bethke, Capt Clarence, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; c.2 xerox, 2p.).

• Folder 25

o Bolling, Maj Gen Alexander R., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; Ts version expanded, 2p.; c.2 of each

xerox, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 5p.; c.2-6 carbon, 5p.),

o Letter to Lee, TLS, Oct 17, 1962 (1p.),

o Letter Mrs Ivan Wassberg to Lee, TLS, June 18, 1963 (1p.) with

o Newspaper article (xerox, 1p.; 2 copies).

Box 45

• Folder 1

o Blair, William M., Questionnaire (holo, 3p.; c.2 xerox, 3p.).

• Folder 2

o Bond, Lt Col R.B., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 3

o Burns, Capt Stanley E., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 3p.; c.2-5 carbon, 3p.).

• Folder 4

o Carnes, Lt Col Norman D., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; c.2 xerox, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 8p.; c.2-6 carbon, 8p.).

• Folder 5

o Conte, Maj Angelo J., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 4p.; c.2-3 carbon, 4p.),

o Photograph, 1945 (1 item).

• Folder 6

o Craig, Lt Col Bertie E., Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.),

o Letter to Lee, TLS, Jan 15, 1963 (2p.).

• Folder 7

o Cullom, Capt Henry M. Jr, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; c.2 xerox, 2p.).

• Folder 8

o Darrigo, Lt Joseph R., Questionnaire (Ts, 4p.).

• Folder 9

o Davis, Capt William H., Questionnaire (Ts, 5p.),

o Interview (Ts, 2p.; c.2-6 carbon, 2p.).

• Folder 10

o Doughtie, Capt George R., Questionnaire (holo, 2p., Ts, 2p.; c.2 xerox, 4p.),

o Interview (Ts, 4p.; c.2-6 carbon, 4p.),

o Letter to Lee, ALS, Dec 12, 1962 (3p.).

• Folder 11

o Gomes, Lt Col Lloyd H., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 12

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o Himes, Lt Col Donald S., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 13

o Hoy, Col Charles E., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 14

o Hubbard, Lt Col Harry J., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 15

o Kolb, Lt Col Roland L., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Biography (mimeography, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 5p.; c.2-6 carbon, 5p.).

• Folder 16

o Korf, Capt Arthur F., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 17

o Lawrence, Capt Dale C., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 18

o McConnell, Lt Frederick M., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 19

o Miller, Lt William S., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 20

o Morava, Lt Col John H., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 21

o Norton, Capt Thomas E., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 22

o Parker, Lt Braxton C., Questionnaire (holo, 5p.).

• Folder 23

o Peters, Maj Alcee L., Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.),

o Interview (Ts, 8p.; c.2-6 carbon, 8p.).

• Folder 24

o Puetzer, Lt Warren J., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 25

o Ross, Lt Warren J., Questionnaire (holo, 3p.).

• Folder 26

o Smith, Capt Davis M., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 27

o Sowers, Lt Col Kenneth M., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 28

o Truman, Col Louis W., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.),

o Letter to Lee, TLS, June 7, 1963 (2p.).

• Folder 29

o Valsangiacomo, Capt Orests V., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 30

o Wright, Sgt Nathaniel A., Interview (Ts, 1p.; c.2-6 carbon, 1p.).

102nd Infantry Division.

• Folder 31

o 102 THRU GERMANY (xerox, 14p.; 2 copies).

• Folder 32

o G-3 after action report, Apr, 1945 (pp. 5-8, xerox).

o After action report, Mar 24 – May 1, 1945 (xerox, 22p.).

• Folder 33

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o Hunt, Lt Emerson S., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 34

o Scott, Lt Richard H., Questionnaire (holo, 3p.).

29th Infantry Division.

• Folder 35

o Jacobs, Lt Col Marvin L., Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.).

5th Armored Division.

• Folder 36

o PATHS OF ARMOR (pp. 299-319, 329-332, 336, xerox; 2 copies).

• Folder 37

o THE VICTORY DIVISION IN EUROPE (PP. 10-11, 49-80, 88-102, xerox).

o After action report, Apr, 1945 (xerox, 28p.).

o After action report, Combat Command A, Apr 1945 (xerox, 34p.).

o After action report, Mar 24 – May 1, 1945 (xerox, 152p.).

• Folder 38

o Transcripts of Record of Events, Hq, 34th Tank Bn, May, 1945 (xerox, 19p.).

o Unit history, 34th Tank Bn, May, 1945 (xerox, 36p.).

Box 46

• Folder 1

o After action report, 34th Tank Bn, Apr 1945 (xerox, 57p.).

• Folder 2

o After action report, 46th Armored Inf Bn, Apr 1945 (xerox, 22p.),

o Orders for combat awards (xerox, 3p.).

• Folder 3

o Anderson, Col Glen H., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; c.2 xerox, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 2p.; c.2-6 carbon, 2p.).

• Folder 4

o Berryman, Sgt Flur W., Questionnaire (Ts/holo, 4p.),

o Letter to Lee, TLS, May 30, 1963 (2p.).

• Folder 5

o Blake, Lt Peter J., Interview (Ts, 4p.; c.2-6 carbon, 4p.),

o Roster of personnel given combat interviews, Apr-Mar, 1945 (xerox, 10p.).

o Gollancz, Victor, EUROPE & GERMANY: TODAY AND TOMORROW, 1945 (pamphlet, 24p.).

o Matzkowski, Herman, “Report on the Happenings and Conditions in Konigsberg since the

Russians took over in April 1945″ (English:Ts carbon, 3p.; German: Ts carbon 3p. with 2

sketches).

o List of members of the German resistence movement and their living relatives, ca. May, 1945

(Ts with holo additions, 148p.).

o Photograph, May 7, 1945 (1 item).

o MII Team 440-G report, “Visit to Berlin”, May 8, 1945 (Ts, 6p.; c.2 carbon, 6p.).

o Jones, Lt Clifford, “The Salzwedel Story” (xerox, 47p.).

• Folder 6

o Caroscio, Lt William J., Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 7

o Cason, Capt Claude E., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; c.2 xerox, 2p.).

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• Folder 8

o Closs, Sgt Maldwyn M., Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.; c.2 xerox, 3p.).

• Folder 9

o Coates, Lt Col Edwin M., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; c.2 xerox, 2p.).

• Folder 10

o Copp, Lt Franklin H., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; c.2 xerox, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 6p.; c.2-6 carbon, 6p.).

• Folder 11

o Daniels, Lt Donald C., Questionnaire (Ts, 7p.; c.2 xerox, 7p.).

• Folder 12

o DeVault, Lt Col Charles C., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 13

o Dickerson, Lt Col Glenn G., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 2p.; c.2-6 carbon, 2p.).

• Folder 14

o Farrand, Col Edward G., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 3p.; c.2-6 carbon, 3p.),

o Biographical sketch (Ts carbon, 2p.),

o 5th Arm Div history from the 1950 ARMY ALMANAC (xerox, 2p.).

• Folder 15

o Francies, Lt Merritt D., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; c.2 xerox, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 10p.; c.2-6 carbon, 10p.),

o Photograph, 1945 (1 item).

• Folder 16

o Gazdayka, Sgt Mike, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; c.2 xerox, 2p.).

• Folder 17

o Grose, Capt Thomas W., Questionnaire (Ts, 8p.).

• Folder 18

o Higgins, Lt Daniel E., Questionnaire (Ts, 7p.).

• Folder 19

o James, Maj Robert F., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 20

o Jones, Lt Col Richard H., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 21

o Kremer, Sgt Herbert H., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 22

o Ludlow, Sgt Lee E., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 23

o Martin, Lt William S., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 6p.; c.2-6 carbon, 6p.).

• Folder 24

o McKenna, Maj Richard W., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 25

o McNees, Lt Normas E., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 26

o Mennow, Sgt Robert E., Questionnaire (holo, 3p.; c.2 Ts carbon, 1p.).

• Folder 27

o Nelson, Lt Clarence A., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; c.2 xerox, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 4p.; c.2-6 carbon, 4p.).

• Folder 28

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o Nicodemus, Lt Robert E., Interview (Ts, 11p.; c.2-6 carbon, 11p.).

• Folder 29

o Oliver, Maj Gen Lunsford E., Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.; c.2 xerox, 3p.),

o Interview (Ts, 3p.; c.2-6 carbon, 3p.).

• Folder 30

o Philipsborn, Maj Martin M., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 8p.; c.2-6 carbon, 8p.).

• Folder 31

o Poindexter, Cpl Clifford T., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 32

o Ramsey, Lt Curtis L., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 33

o Ressegieu, Fred E., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 34

o Walson, Lt Thomas B., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 35

o Washburn, Lt Col Israel B., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 3p.; c.2-6 carbon, 3p.).

• Folder 36

o Williams, Lt Walter E., Questionnaire (holo, 9p.),

o Map (photostat, 1p.).

Box 47

19th Corps.

• Folder 1

o 19th Corps and 2nd Arm Div orders, letters of instructions, confirmation of verbal orders, Mar

27 – Apr 20, 1045 (Ts carbon, xerox, 41p.).

• Folder 2

o After action report, Apr 30, 1045 (xerox, 25p.).

o After action report, May 9, 1945 (xerox, 6p.).

o Excerpts from G-2 after action report, Apr 1-30, 1945 (Ts, 8p.).

o OFFICIAL HISTORY OF 19TH CORPS (pp. 51-57, xerox).

• Folder 3

o After action report, Mar 24- may 1, 1945 (xerox, 137p.).

• Folder 4

o G-2 periodic reports, Apr, 1945 (xerox, 137p.).

o Special G-2 estimates, Apr 14, 1945 (xerox, 3p.; Ts version, 5p.).

• Folder 5

o HISTORY OF THE U.S. SECOND ARMORED REGIMENT (pp. 50-56, 153-163, 224-227, 301-308, 333,

358-360, 373, 403-405, xerox).

• Folder 6

o Sloane, Col George B., Interviews (2 items: Ts, 26p.).

2nd Armored Division.

• Folder 7

o G-2 after action reports, Apr, 1945 (Ts, 77p.).

• Folder 8

o HISTORY OF THE U.S. SECOND ARMORED DIVISION (xerox, 7p.).

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• Folder 9

o Command and unit structure (holo, 1p., xerox, 2p.).

• Folder 10

o After action interview, Col Carlton E. Stewart (xerox, 11p.).

• Folder 11

o Batchedler, Lt Col Clifton B., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.),

o Letter to Lee, TLS, Apr 30, 1963 (3p.), • Leibman, Gerald, HISTORY OF THE 1ST BATTALION, 67TH ARMORED REGIMENT (Ts, 27p.).

• Unit History, 1st Bn, Arm Regt, Nov 16-23, 1944; Dec 22-29, 1944; Jan 2-16, 1945; Feb 26 –

• Mar 6, 1945 (Ts carbon, 49p.).

• Map (1 item).

• Folder 12

o Brunow, Lt Col Marcel F.J., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 13

o Clark, Maj Curtis M., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; c.2 xerox, 2p.),

o Letter to Lee, TLS, Dec 17, 1962 (1p.).

• Folder 14

o Collier, Brig Gen John H., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 15

o Disney, Col Paul A., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 4p.; c.2-5 carbon, 4p.; c.6 carbon, 2p.),

o Photographs, ca. 1945 (2 items).

• Folder 16

o Hadley, Lt Arthur T., Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.; c.2 xerox, 3p.),

o Interview (Ts carbon, 11p.; 4 copies),

o Newspaper articles (2 items: xerox, 1p.; c.2 xerox, 1p.).

• Folder 17

o Hinds, Sgt Charles F., Letter to Lee, TLS, Jan 18, 1963 (1p.; c.2 xerox, 1p.).

• Folder 18

o Hinds, Brig Gen Sidney R., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; c.2 xerox, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 20p.; c.2-4 carbon, 20p.; c.5 carbon, 19p.),

o Letter to Lee to Mrs Ryan, TLS, June 7, 1963 (1p.).

• Folder 19

o Hollingsworth, Maj James F., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 12p.; c.2-6 carbon, 12p.),

o Letter Ryan to Michael Korda, TLS, Nov 15, 1965 (1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Feb 4, 1967 (1p.),

o Biographical resumes (2 items: Ts, 2p., xerox, 4p.),

o Photographs, ca 1944-45 (5 items),

o Photograph, 1966 (1 item).

Box 48

• Folder 1

o Johnson, Lt Col Briard P., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; c.2 xerox, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 2p.; c.2-6 carbon, 2p.).

• Folder 2

o Levy, Sgt Harold J., Questionnaire (holo, 3p.; c.2-3 xerox, 3p.),

o Interview (Ts, 2.; c.2-5 carbon, 2p.),

o Furlough orders, Apr 16, 1945 (xerox, 1p.),

o HISTORY OF THE 67TH ARMORED REGIMENT (pp. 305-308, xerox).

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• Folder 3

o Merriam, Lt Col Wheeler G., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 10p.; c.2-6 carbon, 10p.).

• Folder 4

o Pearcy, Capt Marvin E., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; c.2 xerox, 2p.).

• Folder 5

o Robinson, Cpl Howard V. Jr, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 3p.; c.2-6 carbon, 3p.).

• Folder 6

o Sadallah, Capt Elais A., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 4p.; c.2-5 carbon, 4p.).

• Folder 7

o Stockwell, Lt Richard C., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; c.2 xerox, 2p.).

• Folder 8

o West, Col Gustavus W., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 6p.; c.2-6 carbon, 6p.).

• Folder 9

o White, Maj Gen Issac D., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; c.2-3 xerox, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 9p.; c.2-5 carbon, 9p.; c.6 carbon, 4p.),

o Letter to Lee, TLS, Oct 20, 1962 (1p.),

o Letter to Lee, TLS, Jan 2, 1963 (1p.; c.2 xerox, 1p.),

o Letter to Lee, TLS, May 21, 1963 (9p.; c.2 xerox, 9p.),

o Letter to Lee, ALS, July 12, 1963 (2p.).

30th Infantry Division.

• Folder 10

o G-2 and G-3 reports, Apr, 1945 (Ts, 19p.).

• Folder 11

o After action reports, Mar 24 – May 1, 1945 (xerox, 45p).

• Folder 12

o “SCRAP”BOOK (30th Inf Div nesletter), June 1945 (pp. 1-3, 6-12, xerox; c.2 xerox, 8p.; c.3 pp.

1-12, photostat, Box A, #6),

o Newspaper articles (4 items: xerox, 4p.).

• Folder 13

o HISTORY OF THE 120TH INFANTRY REGIMENT (pp. 237-253, xerox).

• Folder 14

o Notes from 30th Inf Div Association’s NY-NJ 1963 reunion (Ts, 3p.; c.2-5 carbon, 3p.).

• Folder 15

o Abbes, Capt Henry C., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 16

o Anderson, PFC Gerald J., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 17

o Anderson, Sgt Peter, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 18

o Angeleri, Cpl Carl J., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 19

o Aralle, TSgt William, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 20

o Baker, PFC Clyde, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

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• Folder 21

o Bargy, Sgt James H., Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 22

o Bloser, Capt Donald P., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 23

o Bovee, PFC Elmer W., Questionnaire (holo, 4p.).

• Folder 24

o Burnette, Sgt Eugene G., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 25

o Byrn, Capt Delmont K., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.),

o Letter to Lee, TLS< Nov 5, 1962 (2p.),

o Letters home, Apr 13 – May 29, 1945 (17 items: Ts, 12p.; c.2 xerox, 5p.).

• Folder 26

o Capotorto, Philip, Interview (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 27

o Carbin, Maj John P. Jr, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; c.2 xerox, 2p.).

• Folder 28

o Carrall, Capt Charles B., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Interviews (2 items: Ts, 3p.; c.2-5 carbon, 1p.).

• Folder 29

o Costello, Capt James P., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 30

o Crosby, Sgt Thomas D., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 31

o Cseak, PFC Daniel T., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 32

o Currey, Sgt Francis S., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

o Interview (Ts, 3p.; c.2-5 carbon, 3p.).

• Folder 33

o Deere, PFC Benny, Questionnaire (holo, 1p.).

• Folder 34

o Dilione, Pvt Charles A., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 35

o Ellis, Col Otto, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 2p.; c.2-6 carbon, 2p.).

• Folder 36

o Faris, Capt John L., Questionnaire (holo, 4p.; c.2 xerox, 4p.).

• Folder 37

o Fellman, Lt Malcolm A., Questionnaire (holo, 3p.),

o Interview (Ts, 3p.; c.2-5 carbon, 3p.),

o Letter Carl Kriller? to Town Commander, TLS xerox, Apr 26, 1945 (1p.).

• Folder 38

o Ficarra, Cpl Louis J., Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 39

o Fleischmann, Capt Lawrence, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 40

o Fonderico, Cpl Vincent, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 3p.; c.2-5 carbon, 3p.).

• Folder 41

o Frankland, Lt Col Walter L., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

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• Folder 42

o Gavin, Capt Charles G., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 43

o Handberg, PFC William F., Questionnaire (holo, 3p.).

• Folder 44

o Hall, Lt Col Stewart L., Questonnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Letter to Lee, TLS, Nov 1, 1962 (2p.).

• Folder 45

o Hardin, MSG William B., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 46

o Harrison, William K., Interview (Ts, 3p.; c.2-6 carbon, 3p.).

• Folder 47

o Heilbrunn, Cpl Martin M., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; c.2 holo, 3p.).

• Folder 48

o Hennessy, Cpl Francis X., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 49

o Hill, Capt Edward M., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 2p.; c.2-6 carbon, 2p.).

Box 49

• Folder 1

o Himmelstein, PFC Harold, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 2p.; c.2-5 carbon, 2p.).

o Hobbs, Maj Gen Leland S., Questionnaire (holo, 2p., Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 2p.; c.2-6 carbon, 2p.).

• Folder 3

o Hoffman, Sgt Morton D., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 2p.; c.2-5 carbon, 2p.).

• Folder 4

o Hopermann, Lt Richard K., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 1p.; c.2-5 carbon, 1p.).

• Folder 5

o Hubbard, Capt Allen S., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 6

o Husing, Sgt Christian O., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 7

o Irby, Capt Willie B., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 8

o James, PFC Rowland, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 9

o Johnson, Capt Clarence J., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 10

o Jordan, Sgt Wilhelm, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 11

o Kaczowka, Maj Henry R., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 12

o Klebba, Sgt Joe H., Questionnaire (holo, 3p.).

• Folder 13

o Korolevich, PFC Alexander, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

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• Folder 14

o Lacey, PFC Richard H., Questionnaire (Ts, 4p.).

• Folder 15

o Ladin, WO Samuel S., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 16

o Landis, PFC John R., Questionnaire (holo, 3p.),

o Interview (Ts, 2p.; c.2-5 carbon, 2p.).

• Folder 17

o Lord, PFC William T., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 3p.; c.2-5 carbon, 3p.).

• Folder 18

o MacVean, Sgt James L., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 19

o Maggio, Cpl Vincent N., Questionnaire (holo, 3p.),

o Interview (Ts, 4p.; c.2-4 carbon, 4p.).

• Folder 20

o Manni, PFC Serge A., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 21

o McCown, Lt Col Hal D., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; c.2 xerox, 2p.).

• Folder 22

o McNeil, Sgt Grady, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 5p.; c.2-5 carbon, 5p.).

• Folder 23

o Mirra, PFC Adolph R., Questionnaire (Ts, 4p.),

o Interview (Ts, 7p.; c.2-4 carbon, 7p.).

• Folder 24

o Mittleman, Sgt Herbert H., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 25

o Naples, Cpl Joseph, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Telephone interview (Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 26

o Ornstein, Sgt Richard P., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 27

o Petcoff, Sgt George, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 3p.; c.2-5 carbon, 3p.).

• Folder 28

o Peters, PFC Abraham, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 29

o Plantin, PFC Tore E., Questionnaire (holo, 3p.).

• Folder 30

o Pockler, PFC Morris, Questionnaire (holo, 3p.).

• Folder 31

o Pratt, Pvt Bernard S., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 32

o Presnell, Sgt William G., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 33

o Pugliese, Sgt Michael R., Questionnaire holo, 2p.).

• Folder 34

o Rattray, PFC Bruce C., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 35

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o Robinson, Sgt Frank E., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 36

o Rock, Maj Julius, Questionnaire (holo, 3p.).

• Folder 37

o Rubenstein, PFC Charles, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; 2 copies).

• Folder 38

o Schmidmeister, PFC John, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 3p.; c.2-5 carbon, 3p.).

• Folder 39

o Solomon, Lt Harold, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 40

o Solow, Lt Saul, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 4p.; c.2-5 carbon, 4p.).

• Folder 41

o Stanford, Capt Leslie E., Questionnaire (Ts, 4p.; c.2 xerox, 4p.).

• Folder 42

o Starling, Capt Jack W., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 43

o Stephens, Col Richard W., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 3p.; c.2-6 carbon, 3p.),

o Telephone conversation between Stephens and Maj Gen White, Apr 14, 1945 (xerox, 1p.).

• Folder 44

o Stephens, Sgt Thomas L., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 45

o Stevens, Lt Col Earle M., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 46

o Stewart, Lt Col Carlton E., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 47

o Stewart, PFC Carroll R., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 48

o Stollak, T4 Jack, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 49

o Talarico, Pvt George F., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 1p.; c.2-5 carbon, 1p.).

• Folder 50

o Tell, Cpl Bernard L., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 51

o Toole, Sgt John B., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 52

o Torino, Cpl Albert M., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 4p.; c.2-5 carbon, 4p.),

o “ON THE WAY”, A HISTORICAL NARRATIVE OF THE 230TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION (pp. 72-

79, xerox),

o Newspaper article and documents concerning battle mascot, Corporal Rhine (dog) (4 items:

xerox, 5p.).

• Folder 53

o Tullane, Lt John E., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 54

o Webber, Sgt Stanley R., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 3p.; c.2-5 carbon, 3p.).

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• Folder 55

o Weinstein, PFC Alvin, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 56

o Williamson, Lt Col Ellis W., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 7p.; c.2-6 carbon, 7p.),

o Newspaper articles (5 items: xerox, 8p.).

• Folder 57

o Wolski, Sgt Edwin S., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 58

o Woltz, T4 William E., Questionnaire (holo, 5p.),

o Newspaper article (1p.).

83rd Infantry Division.

• Folder 59

o After action report, Mar 24 – May 1, 1945 (xerox, 28p.).

Box 50

• Folder 1

o STARS AND STRIPES, Apr 17, 1945 (xerox, 4p.).

o THE TTF, Mar 10, 24, Apr 29, 1945 (xerox, 16p.).

o THUNDERBOLT, Apr 28, 1945 (xerox, 4p.).

• Folder 2

o Adryan, Lt Chestor P., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 3

o Biddle, Maj Gen William S., Questionnaire (Ts, 4p.; c.2 xerox, 4p.).

• Folder 4

o Boyd, Capt Elmo H., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 5

o Bunch, Capt Doyle R., Questionnaire (Ts, 4p.; c.2 xerox, 4p.).

• Folder 6

o Cook, Lt Col Tim O., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; c.2 xerox, 2p.).

• Folder 7

o Crabill, Col Edwin B., Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 8

o Devenney, Capt John J., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 9

o Halladay, Capt Daniel W., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 10

o Hughes, Lt Col Shelly G., Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 11

o Johnson, Lt Donald R., Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 12

o Kohler, Maj Haley E., Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 13

o Kuhlman, Lt Col Martin L., Questionnaire (holo, 2p., Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 6p.; c.2-6 carbon, 6p.).

• Folder 14

o Macaluso, Capt Joseph A., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

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• Folder 15

o MacFarlane, Lt Paul W., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 16

o Macon, Maj Gen Robert C., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 5p.; c.2-6 carbon, 5p.).

• Folder 17

o Mundt, Capt Herman A., Questionnaire (holo, 3p.),

o Interview (Ts, 5p.; c.2-6 carbon, 5p.).

• Folder 18

o Neilson, Col Henry, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 19

o Rennolds, Maj William G. Jr, Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 20

o Rose, Capt Ben L., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 6p.; c.2-6 carbon, 6p.),

o Letter to Lee, TLS, Nov 27, 1962 (6p.),

o Letter to Lee, TLS, May 28, 1963 (2p.),

o Letters home, Apr 16 – May 25, 1945 (12 items: xerox, 16p.).

• Folder 21

o Schommer, Capt Francis C., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 13p.; c.2-5 carbon, 13p.; c.6 carbon, 6p.).

• Folder 22

o Sharpe, Lt Col Granville A., Questionnaire (Ts, 4p.; c.2 xerox, 4p.).

• Folder 23

o Shonak, Capt James A., Questionnaire (holo, 3p.).

• Folder 24

o Wiselogle, Lt Candler R., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

12th Army Group.

• Folder 25

o G-2 Weekly Intelligence Summary. • #34, Apr 3, 1945 (xerox, 66p.).

• #35, Apr 11, 1945 (xerox, 49p.).

• #36, Apr 17, 1945 (xerox, 51p.).

• #37, Apr 24, 1945 (xerox, 51p.).

o G-3 Final after action report (pp. 47-53,133-142, xerox).

o G-2 periodic report #314, Apr 15, 1945 (xerox, 10p.).

o Reorientation of Strategy, Mar 21, 1945 (xerox, 8p.).

o Letter John Flint? to Ryan, TLS, Feb 15, 1965 (1p.) with Bradley, Gen Omar, “Des Ardennes a

L’Elbe a la Tete de 1.250000 G.I.s”, PARIS MATCH, Feb 13, 1965 (3p.).

• Folder 26

o Howley, Col Frank L., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 6p.; c.2-6 carbon, 6p.),

o Letter to Julia Morgan, TLS, MAY 14, 1963 (2p.).

• Folder 27

o Ransom, Brig Gen Paul L., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 7p.; c.2-6 carbon, 7p.),

o Diary June 26 – July 6, 1945 (xerox, 24p.).

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Box 51

69th Infantry Division.

• Folder 1

o Combat interviews, the Russian-American linkup, Apr 25, 1945 (xerox, 101p.).

• Folder 2

o Adams, Col Charles M., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; c.2 xerox, 2p.).

• Folder 3

o Brooks, Lt Dwight M., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; c.2 xerox, 2p.).

• Folder 4

o Conran, Lt Dwight M., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 5

o Ingraham, Lt Col Gordon D., Questionnaire (Ts, 4p.).

• Folder 6

o Kotzebue, Lt Albert L., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 8p.; c.2-6 carbon, 8p.),

o Message concerning linkup with Russians, Apr 25, 1945 (xerox, 1p.; 4 copies),

o Newspaper article (xerox, 1p.),

o STARS AND STRIPES (Paris edition), Apr 28, 1945 (pp. 1-2, xerox),

o Roster of patrols which made contact with Russians on Apr 25, 1945 (xerox, 2p.),

o Combat interview, ca. Apr 26, 1945 (xerox, 33p.; 2 copies).

• Folder 7

o Leary, Lt Col Edward J., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 8

o Polowsky, PFC Joseph, Letter “Jack” to Ryan, TLS, June 14, 1963 (2p.),

o Newspaper article (xerox, 1p.),

o Letters of publicity for Americans for Elbe Day organization (mimeograph, 11p.).

• Folder 9

o Reinhardt, Maj Gen Emil F., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 10

o Staub, PFC Paul, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; c.2-3 xerox, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 3p.; c.2-4 carbon, 3p.),

o Combat interview, Apr 27, 1945 (4 items),

o Photographs, Apr 26, 1945 (4 items).

• Folder 11

o Sutherland, Sgt John M., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

3rd Army.

• Folder 12

o Dustin, Capt Lauren L., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 13

o Hillenmeyer, Maj Walter W., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 14

o Huebner, Maj Gen Clarance R., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Interview (together with Col John G. Hill) (Ts, 4p.; c.2-6 carbon, 4p.).

• Folder 15

o Leet, Capt George A., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 16

o Patton, Gen George S., “Assault Crossing of the Rhine and into Germany”, XX Corps

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o Operational Report, Mar 27 – Apr 17, 1945 (pp. 13-18, xerox).

o Ayers, Fred Jr, BEFORE THE COLORS FADE (Ts, 22p.; c.2 Ts, 22p.; c.3 carbon, 22p.).

28th Infantry Division.

• Folder 17

o Cota, Gen Norman D., Letter to Ryan, TLS, Dec 8, 1963 (1p.).

18th Airborne Corps.

• Folder 18

o MISSION ACCOMPLISHED (pp. 22-35, xerox).

• Folder 19

o Kelly, Cpl Thomas J., Newspaper articles (11 items: xerox, 12p.).

• Folder 20

o Ridgway, Gen Mathew B., Letter to Ryan, ALS, Oct 27, 1964 (2p.).

82nd Airborne Division.

• Folder 21

o Allmand, Lt James R., Questionnaire (holo, 3p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, May 8, 1964 (2p.).

• Folder 22

o Berry, Maj John T., Questionnaire (Ts, 5p.).

• Folder 23

o Besterbreurtje, Arie D., Letter to Gavin, TL carbon, Nov 26, 1963 (2p.),

o Photograph, ca. 1945 (1 item).

• Folder 24

o Bommer, T5 Jack L., Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 25

o Brockley, T4 Harold R., Questionnaire (Ts, 4p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, May 24, 1964 (1p.).

• Folder 26

o Burton, Pvt Edward J., Questionnaire (holo, 3p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TL, ca. Jan, 1965 (1p.).

• Folder 27

o Cleary, SSG Francis J., Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 28

o Cook, Lt Col Julian A., Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 29

o DiBattista, PFC Nick, Letter to Ryan, TL, Apr 6, 1964 (3p.).

• Folder 30

o Franco, Capt Robert, Questionnaire (Ts, 6p.).

• Folder 31

o Fransosi, Cpl Arthur A., Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TL Apr 11, 1964 (2p.).

• Folder 32

o Galvin, Gen James M., Questionnaire (holo, 3p., Ts, 1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, May 17, 1964 (2p.).

• Folder 33

o Gavin, Gen James M., Letter to Ryan, TLS, Nov 23, 1963 (1p.),

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o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Feb 4, 1964 (2p.) with

o Excerpts from S-3 Journals, Apr 26 – May 1, 1945 (Ts, 2p.; xerox version, 3p.) and

o Letter Buffalo Boy Canoe to Gavin, TLS, Jan 25, 1964 (1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS Feb 7, 1964 (2p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Mar 24, 1964 (1p.) with

o Letter of surrender from Gen von Tippelskirch, May 2, 1945 (TL carbon, signed by von

Tippelskirch and Gavin, 1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Aug 11, 1964 (3p.) with

o Narrative History, 376th Parachute Field Artillery Bn, Feb 1-28, 1945 (xerox, 1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Aug 17, 1964 (1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Sept 10, 1964 (1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Oct 21, 1964 (1p.) with

o Letter Cass Caufield to Gavin, TLS, Oct 19, 1964 (1p.),

o Letter Maj Gen Roy Lindquist to Gavin, TLS, Nov 3, 1964 (1p.),

o Letter Arie Bestebreurtje to Gavin, TL xerox, Dec 17, 1963 (2p.) with

o Gavin-Oldfield interview, “We Could Have Taken Berlin by Airborne Attack – And We Should

Have!!” (xerox, 13p.),

o Photographs, 1945 (55 originals, 2 duplicates),

o Newspaper articles (3 items: xerox, 4p.),

o THE “ALL AMERICAN” PARAGLIDE (82nd A/B Div newsletter),

o VE Day, May, 1945 (4p.),

o Notes (holo, 6p.).

• Folder 34

o Huebschen, SSG Herbert E., Questionnaire (holo, 3p.).

• Folder 35

o Jedrziewski, Maj Anthony A., Questionnaire (holo, 3p., Ts, 4p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Apr 9, 1964 (1p.).

• Folder 36

o Jones, Sgt James E., Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 37

o Kehm, Col Harold D., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 3p.; c.2-6 carbon, 3p.).

• Folder 38

o Kinnard, Col Harry W.O., Letter to Ryan, TLS, Dec 10, 1964 (1p.).

• Folder 39

o Kotary, Lt William E., Questionnaire (Ts, 8p.).

• Folder 40

o Komosa, Capt Adam A., Questionnaire (Ts, 20p.).

Box 52

• Folder 1

o Loveland, SSG Glenn E., Questionnaire (holo, 3p.).

• Folder 2

o Pattullo, TSgt Alexander R., Questionnaire (Ts, 7p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, June 1, 1964 (3p.).

• Folder 3

o Prendergast, Lt R.O., Letter to Ryan, ALS, Apr 20, 1964 (2p.).

• Folder 4

o Schultz, Arthur B., “Dutch”, Interview (Ts, 27p.; c.2-3 carbon, 27p.),

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o Letter to Ryan, ALS, Jan 16, 1960 (3p.),

o Letter to Ryan, ALS, Jun 7, 1960 (4p.),

o Letter Ryan to Schultz, TL carbon, Oct 27, 1960 (1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, ALS, Nov 20, 1960 (3p.),

o Letter to Ryan, ALS, Apr 15, 1961 (2p.),

o Letter Hoagland to Shultz, TL carbon, Apr 24, 1961 (1p.),

o Letter Mrs Ryan to Shuktz, TL carbon, Mar 19, 1963 (1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, May 25, 1963 (1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, ALS, Sept 8, 1963 (1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, ALS, Oct 5, 1964 (3p.),

o Letter to Ryan, ALS, Sept 12, 1967 (1p.),

o Letter Ryan to Shultz, Tl carbon, Sept 14, 1967 (1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Mar 31, 1969 (2p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, undated (5p.).

• Folder 5

o Serilla, Sgt William D., Questionnaire (Ts, 4p.).

• Folder 6

o Smurthwaite, PFC Richard J., Questionnaire (holo, 3p.),

o Letter to Ryan, ALS, May 26, 1964 (2p.).

• Folder 7

o Stewart, Cpl Terrell E., Questionnaire (Ts, 4p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, May 21, 1964 (1p.),

o Letter to Rutherford, TLS, July 11, 1966 (1p.).

• Folder 8

o Tucker, R.H., Letter to Ryan, TLS, Jan 18, 1964 (2p.).

• Folder 9

o Vukcevic, PFC Michael N., Questionnaire (holo, 3p.).

• Folder 10

o Wellems, Lt Col Edward N., Questionnaire (holo, 3p.).

• Folder 11

o White, Cpl Myron, Questionnaire (holo, 10p.),

o Letter to Ryan, ALS, Apr 20, 1964 (7p.).

• Folder 12

o Wienecke, Col R.H., Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Nov 2, 1964 (2p.).

• Folder 13

o Williams, Lt Col Warren R., Questionnaire (holo, 3p.).

• Folder 14

o Wood, Maj George B., Questionnaire (holo, 3p.),

o Letter to Mrs Ryan, TLS, Jan 14, 1965 (2p.)

o with THE ALL AMERICAN (82nd A/B Div newsletter), May 5, 7, 1945 (xerox, 2p.).

Air Force

• Folder 15

o Barnard, Lt Robert H., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 16

o Hess, Maj Neal A., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 17

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o Holt, Col Harold N., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 18

o Neblett, Lt Col Lloyd G., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 19

o Nugent, Brig Gen Richard E., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 4p.; c.2-6 carbon, 4p.).

• Folder 20

o Peters, Maj Earl W., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 21

o Zimmermann, Lt Hugo, Questionnae (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 22

o Dead file – not involved or no response (27 questionnaires, 30 letters, 120p.).

• Folder 23

o General Simpson, Interview (no transcript),

o Box 74 • Magnetic tape (1 reel).

Cab 81204

Hq, 12th Army Group

• Maps.

• Drw 8

o Map “B”, Annex #1, 1st draft, Operation ECLIPSE, Jan 10, 1945 (composite), scale 1:1,600,000.

o Tactical reconnaissance map, Apr 21-28, 1945, scale 1:1,400,000.

o Enclosure to Annex #3, Weekly Intelligence Summary #34, Apr 3, 1945, front line as of Mar 30,

1945, scale 1:1,700,000 (3 items).

o G-2 summary #36, German Order of Battle, Apr 16, 1945, scale 1:1,700,000.

o G-2 summary #38, German Order of Battle, Apr 30, 1945, scale 1:1,700,000 (2 items).

o G-2 summary #39, German Order of Battle, May 6, 1945, scale 1:1,700,000.

o G-3 report #300, Apr 1, 1945, scale 1:1,000,000 (xerox, 5p., with map).

o G-3 report #301, Apr 2, 1945, scale 1:1,000,000 (xerox, 5p., with map).

o G-3 report #302, Apr 3, 1945, scale 1:1,000,000 (xerox, 5p., with map).

o G-3 report #303, Apr 4, 1945, scale 1:1,000,000 (xerox, 5p., with map).

o G-3 report #304, Apr 5, 1945, scale 1:1,000,000 (xerox, 5p., with map).

o G-3 report #305, Apr 6, 1945, scale 1:1,000,000 (xerox, 5p., with map).

o G-3 report #306, Apr 7, 1945, scale 1:1,000,000 (xerox, 5p., with map).

o G-3 report #307, Apr 8, 1945, scale 1:1,000,000 (xerox, 5p., with map).

o G-3 report #308, Apr 9, 1945, scale 1:1,000,000 (xerox, 5p., with map).

o G-3 report #309, Apr 10, 1945, scale 1:1,000,000 (xerox, 5p., with map).

o G-3 report #310, Apr 11, 1945, scale 1:1,000,000 (xerox, 5p., with map).

o G-3 report #311, Apr 12, 1945, scale 1:1,000,000 (xerox, 5p., with map).

o G-3 report #312, Apr 13, 1945, scale 1:1,000,000 (xerox, 5p., with map).

o G-3 report #313, Apr 14, 1945, scale 1:1,000,000 (xerox, 5p., with map).

o G-3 report #316, Apr 17, 1945, scale 1:1,000,000 (xerox, 5p., with map).

o G-3 report #317, Apr 17, 1945, scale 1:1,000,000 (xerox, 5p., with map).

o G-3 report #318, Apr 19, 1945, scale 1:1,000,000 (xerox, 5p., with map).

Hq, 2nd Armored Division.

o Elbe River bridges, Apr 9, 1945 (3 copies).

o Enemy Order of Battle, Apr 1945 (3 copies).

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o After action report, Apr 1945 (2 copies).

30th Infantry Division.

o “Thumbnail History: Malmedy to the Elbe”, “SCRAP”BOOK (pp. 4-5, June 1945).

71st Armored Field Artillery Battalion

o Movements Feb 8 – May 9, 1945, scale 1:1,000,000 (3 copies).

Box 55

French Forced Labor

• Folder 13

o Bourdeau, Andre, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts carbon, 5p.).

• Folder 14

o Boutin, Jean, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 15

o Delaunay, Jacques, Interview (Ts, 12p.).

• Folder 16

o Demoulin, Clovis, Interview (Ts, 7p.),

o Letter Basso to Demoulin, Sept 6, 1947 (Ys, 9p.).

• Folder 17

o Douin, Jean, Diary, Mar 1 – May 31, 1945 (Ts, 30p.).

o Diary synopsis (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 18

o Gasquet, Marc, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 19

o Gouge, Robert-Albert, Interview (Ts, 5p.).

• Folder 20

o Hambert, Philippee, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 9p.).

• Folder 21

o Legathiere, Raymond, Interview (Ts, 7p.).

• Folder 22

o Puniet de Parry, Sophie, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; 2 copies).

• Folder 23

o Savary, Jacques, Questionnaire (Ts, 4p.), o Diary/account, Apr 20, – May 13, 1945 (Ts, 15p.).

Box 74

• Magnetic recordings of interviews (2 reels).

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German Civilians Box 55

• Folder 24

o History and statistics of Berlin districts (Ts,

48p.).

• Folder 25

o Participants by district with anecdotes, labeled “Starters” (Ts, 25p.).

• Folder 26

o Letters, notes and lists concerning people to be interviewed and documents to locate (18

items: 83p.).

• Folder 27

o Radio broadcasts concerning Berlin, Apr 23 – May 7, 1945 (Ts carbon, 31p.).

• Folder 28

o Byford-Jones, W., BERLIN TWILIGHT (pp. 59-61, xerox).

o Flint, John A., “Research on the Last Concert in Berlin, April 1945″ (Ts, 19p.)

Box 56

• Folder 1

o Popular tunes in Germany, 1944-45 (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 2

o Reichssportfeld and Olympia Stadium background (Ts, 11p.).

• Folder 3

o Notes on East Berlin (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 4

o Newspaper articles (xerox, 7p.).

• Folder 5

o Telephone interview with S. Weltlinger (Ts, 1p.),

o Telephone interview with Wolfgang Scheffler (Ts, 1p.),

o Letter Linden to Flint, TLS, Dec 1, 1964 (2p.),

o Letter Ursula Naccache to Ryan, TLS, Dec 7, 1964 (1p.)

o with Extracts from HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN BERLIN AND OF THE BUILDING FASANENSTRASSE

79/80 (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 6

o Miscellaneous correspondence and questionnaires (8 items: 21p.).

Prisons, and prisoners in Berlin.

• Folder 7

o Bethge, Pastor Eberhard, Interview (Ts, 4p.).

• Folder 8

o Cords, Helmut, Interview (Ts, 169p.),

o Poem (Ts, 1p.), Newspaper article (1p.),

o Map (xerox, 1p.),

o Photographs, 1944-45 (2 items),

o Photographs, 1963 (5 items with negatives),

o Photographs, of Ryan and home, 1963 (7 items),

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o List of Moabit prisoners and their fate, 1945 (Ts, 1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, ALS, Sept 21, 1963 (2p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Sept 23, 1963 (1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Sept 30, 1963 (1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Oct 8, 1963 (1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, Oct 18, 1963 (1p.),

o Letter Ryan to Cords, TL carbon, Oct 25, 1963 (1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Nov 12, 1963 (1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Jan 13, 1964 (1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, ALS, Feb 23, 1964 (2p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, May 13, 1964 (1p.).

• Folder 9

o Cords, Jutta, Interview (Ts, 7p.),

o Paret, Peter, “An Aftermath of the Plot against Hitler”, PRINCETON ALUMNI WEEKLY, Sept 24,

1963 (pp. 27-33).

• Folder 10

o Kosney, Herbert, Interview (Ts, 15p.),

o Documents concerning execution of prisoners in May, 1945 (18p.),

o Photographs, 1945 (1 item),

o Photographs, 1950 (1 item with negative).

• Folder 11

o Kosney, Kurt, Interview (Ts, 20p.),

o Photograph, 1939 (1 item),

o Photographs, 1955 (2 items with negatives).

• Folder 12

o Schwerdtfeger, Albert, Interview (Ts, 6p.).

Box 56

Concentration camps.

• Folder 13

o Medical report on Belson concentration camp by DDMS, 2nd Army (mimeograph, 15p.).

o Newspaper articles on Belson (16 items: Ts and xerox, 22p.).

o Photographs, ca, 1945 (5 items).

o Photograph, ca. 1943 (1 item).

o Tidy, Maj Gen Sir Henry L. (ed), INTER-ALLIED CONFERENCE ON WAR MEDICINE (pp. 453-478,

xerox).

• Folder 14

o Rosensaft, Josef, Photograph, ca. 1946 (1 item with negative),

o BELSEN (pp. 24-51, 67-80, 94-108, 117-123, 140-147, xerox).

Box 56

Charlottenburg

• Folder 15

o What They Do Today list (Ts carbon, 1p.),

o Best Anecdotes list (Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 16

o Borgmann, Ruby, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 20p.),

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o Notes (holo, 5p.).

• Folder 17

o Frohlich, Hans, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts,1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 5p.).

• Folder 18

o Goertz, Eugene, Interview (Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 19

o Henneberg, Amalia, Interview (Ts, 3p.),

o Diary, Apr 19 – July 4, 1945 (Ts, 5p.),

o Diary for Schering Factory, Apr 20 – June 30, 1945 (Ts, 4p.),

o Newspaper article (2p.),

o Photographs, ca. 1945 (3 items).

• Folder 20

o Henneberg, Dr George, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 19p.).

• Folder 21

o Hennig, Margarethe, Interview (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 22

o Horlitz, Albert, Interview (Ts, 9p.).

• Folder 23

o Jacobi, Gerhard, Interview (Ts, 12p.).

• Folder 24

o Ketzler, Gertrud, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 11p.).

• Folder 25

o Kockler, Maria, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 11p.).

• Folder 26

o Matzker, Alfons, Interview (Ts, 9p.).

• Folder 27

o Menzel, Gerhard, Interview notes (holo, 7p.),

o Photographs, 1963 (3 items).

• Folder 28

o Michalke, Joseph, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 11p.).

• Folder 29

o Miede, Hans, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 8p.),

o Diary, Apr – June 25, 1945 (Ts carbon, 17p.).

• Folder 30

o Schwarz, Margarete, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 2p.),

o Interview, (Ts, 16p.).

• Folder 31

o Stammer, Gertrud, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 24p.).

Box 57

• Folder 1

o Weber, Brigitte, Interview (Ts, 8p.),

o Notes (holo, 1p., Ts, 1p.).

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• Folder 2

o Wehmeyer, Dorothea, Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.; English: Ts, 3p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Aug 2, 1962 (German: 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 13p.),

o Russian issue ration card (photostat, 1p.),

o Photographs, ca. 1945 (6 originals, 1 duplicate).

• Folder 3

o Weigand-Schott, Inge, Interview (Ts, 7p.),

o Notes on and account by Juri Labutin, “A Man Fulfills His Pledge” (Ts, 4p.).

• Folder 4

o Zacharies, Fritz, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 7p.),

o Photograph, 1945 (1 item with negative).

Friedrichshain

• Folder 5

o Best Anecdotes list (Ts, 1p.; c.2-5 carbon, 1p.),

o What They Do Today list (Ts carbon, 1p.).

• Folder 6

o Geisler, Erika E., Interview (Ts, 11p.; c.2-4 carbon, 11p.).

• Folder 7

o Schultze, Erna, Interview (Ts, 8p.).

Kopenick

• Folder 8

o What They Do Today list (Ts carbon, 1p.),

o Best Anecdotes list (Ts, 1p.; c.2-5 carbon, 1p.).

• Folder 9

o Blank, Georg, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Letter, 1963 (holo, 5p.; English: Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 5p.).

• Folder 10

o Shultze, Robert, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 8p.).

Kreuzberg

• Folder 11

o What They Do Today list (Ts carbon, 1p.),

o Best Anecdotes list (holo, 3p.; Ts version, 2p.; c.2-5 carbon, 2p.).

• Folder 12

o Klunge, Helga, Interview (Ts, 10p.),

o Letter, Aug 1, 1962 (German: 1p.).

• Folder 13

o Lecksheidt, Arthur, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 16p.),

o Letter, Mar 30, 1945 (Ts, 3p.),

o Map (1 item),

o Postcards, ca. 1945-46 (4 items),

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o Postcards, 1955 (2 items),

o Postcard, 1960 (1 item).

• Folder 14

o Maigatter, Elfriede, Interview (Ts, 9p.).

• Folder 15

o Neumann, Edith, Interview (holo, 41p.; Ts version, 15p.).

• Folder 16

o Probst, Margareta, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 11p.).

• Folder 17

o Schewe, Ida, Questionnaire (holo, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 5p.),

o Account, 1963 (holo, 3p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Letter to Flint (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Diary notes, Apr 22 – June 12, 1945 (Ts, 4p.).

• Folder 18

o Wulle-Wahlberg, Hans, Account (Ts, 14p.).

Lichtenberg

• Folder 19

o What They Do Today list (Ts, carbon, 1p.),

o Best Anecdotes list (holo, 1p.; Ts version, 1p.; c.2-5 carbon, 1p.).

• Folder 20

o Bohg, Kurt, Interview (Ts, 14p.).

• Folder 21

o Curth, Franz, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 4p.).

• Folder 22

o Lipschitz, Eleanore, Interview (Ts, 10p.).

• Folder 23

o Rosenthal, Hans, Interview (Ts, 3p.).

Mitte

• Folder 24

o What They Do Today list (Ts carbon, 1p.),

o Best Ancedotes list (holo, 1p.; Ts version, 1p.; c.2-5 carbon, 1p.).

• Folder 25

o Dietrich, Willi, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 18p.),

o Photograph, ca. 1930 (1 item with negative),

o Photograph, 1940 (1 item with negative),

o Photographs, 1945 (3 items with negatives).

• Folder 26

o Sauerbruch, Margot, Interview (Ts, 5p.).

• Folder 27

o Sobek, Johannes, Interview (Ts, 9p.),

o Maps (3 items: photostat),

o Newspaper article (1p.),

o Photograph, 1945 (1 item with negative).

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• Folder 28

o Stoffels, E. Jan, Interview (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 29

o Von Dehn, Madeleine, Interview (Ts, 2p.),

o Photograph, ca. 1963 (1 item).

Neukolin

• Folder 30

o Best Anecdotes list (holo, 2p.; Ts version, 1p.; c.2-5 carbon, 1p.).

• Folder 31

o Hohn, Karl, Interview (Ts, 7p.).

• Folder 32

o Janssen, Dora, Interview (Ts, 10p.).

• Folder 33

o Meyer, Herbert, Interview (Ts, 7p.).

• Folder 34

o Rosetz, Gunter, Interview (Ts, 13p.).

• Folder 35

o Schoele, Gertrud, Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.; English: Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 7p.).

Pankow.

• Folder 36

o Best Anecdotes list (holo, 1p.; Ts version, 1p.; c.2-5 carbon, 1p.).

• Folder 37

o Batty, Eva Marie, Letter to Ryan, TLS, Oct 21, 1962 (1p.).

• Folder 38

o Ryneck, Erich, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 6p.).

• Folder 39

o Schadrack, Else, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Diary, Apr 21 – May 19, 1945 (Ts, 11p.).

• Folder 40

o Weltlinger, Siegmund and Margarete, Interview (Ts, 8p.),

o Weltlinger, “Hast Du es schon vergessen?” (pamphlet, 30p.).

Prenzlauerberg

• Folder 41

o Best Anecdotes list (holo, 1p.; Ts version, 1p.; c.2-5 carbon, 1p.).

• Folder 42

o Romling, Horst, Interview (Ts, 9p.).

• Folder 43

o Youngday, Biddy, Interview (Ts, 24p.).

Reinickendorf

• Folder 44

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o Best Anecdotes list (holo, 2p.; Ts version, 2p.; c.2-5 carbon, 2p.).

• Folder 45

o Bochnik, Juliane, Interview (Ts, 8p.),

o Photographs, ca. 1945 (3 items with 2 negatives)

• Folder 46

o Buchwald, Gerd, Interview (Ts, 6p.).

• Folder 47

o Florie, Manfred, Questionnaire (holo, 3p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 16p.),

o Photograph, 1944 (1 item with negative).

• Folder 48

o Kuster, Klaus, Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.; English: Ts, 1p.; c.2 carbon, 1p.), Interview (Ts, 11p.).

• Folder 49

o Muller, Werner, Questionnaire (Ts, 4p.; English: Ts, 2p.).

Schoneberg

• Folder 50

o Best Anecdotes list (holo, 2p.; Ts version, 2p.; c.2-5 carbon 2p.).

• Folder 51

o Burmester, Charlotte, Interview (together with Elisabeth Milbrand) (Ts, 16p.).

• Folder 52

o Durand-Wever, Anne-Marie, Interview (Ts, 3p.),

o Diary, Apr 21 – May 11, 1945 (Ts, 24p.).

Box 58

• Folder 1

o Klotz, Jurgen-Erich, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 5p.).

• Folder 2

o Konig, Ilse, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 10p.).

• Folder 3

o Levy, Hanni, Interview (Ts, 6p.).

• Folder 4

o Schmidt, Rev Paul, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 5p.),

o Photograph, ca. 1945 (1 item with negative),

o Negative, ca. 1940 (1 item).

• Folder 5

o Schneidenbach, Hilde, Interview (Ts, 4p.).

• Folder 6

o Schroeder, Helena, Interview (Ts, 5p.).

• Folder 7

o Thieman, Camilla, Questionnaire (Ts, 5p.; c.2 carbon, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 22p.).

• Folder 8

o Van Hoeven, Pia, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Letter, Apr 27, 1945 (Ts, 11p.),

o Interview (Ts, 25p.),

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o Photograph, ca. 1945 (1 item),

o Rough draft (Ts, 4p.).

• Folder 9

o Wagner, Herta, Interview (Ts, 10p.).

Spandau

• Folder 10

o Best Anecdotes list (holo, 1p.; Ts version, 1p.; c.2-5 carbon, 1p.).

• Folder 11

o Hofmann, Margarete, Interview (Ts, 10p.).

• Folder 12

o Kolbe, Ingeborg, Interview (Ts, 45p.),

o Photographs, ca. 1944 (10 items with 5 negatives),

o Negative, ca. 1945 (1 item).

• Folder 13

o Von, Winkel, Rosa, Interview (Ts, 6p.).

Steglitz

• Folder 14

o Best Anecdotes list (holo, 1p.; Ts version, 1p.; c.2-5 carbon, 1p.),

• Folder 15

o Hellberg, Irmgard, Account, (holo, 6p.; Ts version, 4p.).

• Folder 16

o Hentschel, Frieda, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 17

o Schultz, Wilhelm, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 4p.).

• Folder 18

o Ulrich, Gerda, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Letter, TLS, Sept 14, 1962 (2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 2p.).

Tempelhof

• Folder 19

o What They Do Today list (Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 20

o Brief history of Tempelhof Airport (Ts, 4p.),

o Photograph, ca. 1945 (1 item).

• Folder 21

o Dohndorf, Emmy, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 22

o Fenzel, Klaus, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 5p.).

• Folder 23

o Golz, Kurt, Interview (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 24

o Hohenau, Ilona, Letter to Ryan, ALS, Feb 3, 1963 (1p.)

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o with Account (holo, 14p.; English: Ts, 7p.),

o Interview (Ts, 9p.),

o Postcards, ca. 1963 ( 2items).

• Folder 25

o Koch, Jolenta, Interview (Ts, 7p.).

• Folder 26

o Ravene, Lise-Lotte, Interview (Ts, 9p.).

• Folder 27

o Schroter, Goerg, Interview (Ts, 15p.).

• Folder 28

o Sternfeld, Leo, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 8p.),

o Rough Draft (Ts, 1p.).

Tiergarten.

• Folder 29

o What They Do Today list (Ts carbon, 1p.),

o Best Anecdotes list (holo, 2p.; Ts version, 2p.; c.2-5 carbon, 2p.).

• Folder 30

o Haller, Annemarie, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 19p.).

• Folder 31

o Heim, Wilhelm, Interview (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 32

o Majewski, Elena, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Letter, ALS, Aug 2, 1962 (2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (together with Vera Ungnad) (Ts, 13p.).

• Folder 33

o e)Prochono, Margarete, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 12p.).

• Folder 34

o Stalla, Ursula, Interview (Ts, 28p.).

• Folder 35

o Ungnad, Vera, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts/holo, 1p.),

o Diary, Apr 23 – May 10, 1945 (holo, 4p.; English: Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 36

o Walbrecht, Gerda, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 14p.).

Treptow

• Folder 37

o What They Do Today list (Ts carbon, 1p.).

• Folder 38

o Heinrich, Erich, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 5p.),

o Map (1p.).

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Wedding

• Folder 39

o Best Anecdotes list (holo, 1p.; Ts version, 1p.; c.2-5 carbon, 1p.).

• Folder 40

o Kraft, Fritz, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 13p.),

o Photographs, May, 1945 (5 items),

o Announcements on organizing a municipal Berlin self-administration, ca, May 10, 1945

(photostat with holo translations, 1p.),

o Announcement of continuation of subway operation, May 13, 1945 (German: photograph, 1p.).

• Folder 41

o Lilge, Irmgrad, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 4p.).

• Folder 42

o Neumann, Kurt, Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 6p.).

• Folder 43

o Piotrowski, Walter, Interview (Ts, 18p.),

o Map (1p.).

• Folder 44

o Tietze, Albrecht, Interview (Ts, 7p.).

• Folder 45

o Wasserman, Elfiede, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 11p.).

• Folder 46

o Wohgemuth, Albert, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 6p.).

Wilmersdorf.

• Folder 47

o What They Do Today list (holo, 1p.; Ts version carbon, 1p.),

o Best Anecdotes list (holo, 1p.; Ts version, 1p.; c.2-3 carbon, 1p.).

• Folder 48

o Antz, Ilse, Interview (Ts, 17p.),

o Postcards, ca. 1945 (2 items).

• Folder 49

o Bayer, Anne-Lise, Questionnaire (Ts, 4p.; English: Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 10p.),

o Letter, TLS, Aug 4, 1962 (1p.; English: Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 50

o Boese, Helene, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 32p.),

o Photographs, ca. 1945 (4 originals, 1 duplicate),

o Photograph, ca. 1955 (1 item with negative).

• Folder 51

o Bollensen, Lydia, Questionnaire (holo, 4p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 7p.),

o Letter, ALS, Aug 7, 1963 (3p.; English: Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 52

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o Bombach, Marianna, Interview (Ts, 5p.).

• Folder 53

o Croner, Fritz E., Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 5p.).

Box 59

• Folder 1

o Diekermann, Ruth, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 6p.),

o Photograph, 1945 (1 item).

• Folder 2

o Haus Dahlem

o Interview with Father Bernard (Ts, 2p.),

o Interview with Sister Casparis and nun’s diary, Apr 20 – May 2, 1945 (Ts, 16p.; c.2-3 photostat,

16p.),

o Notes on St Agnes (Ts, 1p.; c.2-3 photostat,1p.),

o Notes on history of Haus Dahlem (Ts, 2p.; c.2-3 photostat, 2p.),

o Postcards, 1943, 1950, 1960 (3 items),

o Photograph, ca. 1963 (1 item).

• Folder 3

o Kelm, Alexander, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English, Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 16p.).

• Folder 4

o Lamprecht, Gunther, Interview (Ts, 1p.),

o Account (Ts, 16p.).

• Folder 5

o Mahlke, Walter, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 9p.).

• Folder 6

o Myrgren, Erik, Account (together with Erik Westlan)(Ts, 4p.; c.2 photostat, 4p.),

o Letter Hans Langlet to Panitza, TLS photostat, Oct 1, 1962 (2p.).

• Folder 7

o Panzer, Hildegrad, Interview (Ts, 21p.),

o Photographs, ca. 1945 (3 items).

• Folder 8

o Richter, Charlotte, Interview (Ts, 7p.).

• Folder 9

o Stieler von Heydekampf, Hildegrad, Interview (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 10

o Weinsziehr, Stefanie, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 5p.).

• Folder 11

o Wiberg, Carl J., Interview (Ts, 10p.),

o Photographs, ca. 1963 (4 items),

o Nyheter, Dagens, “Bad Picture of Hitler Persuaded a Swede to Become an Allied War- agent”

(Ts, 16p.),

o Rough draft (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 12

o Wilberg, Carl, THE DARK CITY, A TRUE ACCOUNT OF ADVENTURES OF A SECRET AGENT IN

BERLIN, AS TOLD TO HARTVIG ANDERSON (galley, 113p., complete).

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• Folder 13

o Winckler, Charlotte, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 2p.),

o Letter, TLS, Aug 3, 1962 (3p.; English: Ts, 5p.),

o Interview (Ts, 10p.),

o Photograph, ca. 1945 (1 item).

Zehlendorf.

• Folder 14

o What They Do Today list (Ts carbon, 1p.),

o Best Anecdotes list (holo, 1p.; Ts version, 1p.; c.2 carbon, 1p.).

• Folder 15

o af Sandeberg, Edward, Account (Ts, 4p.; c.2 xerox, 4p.; c.3 photostat, 4p.),

o Letter Langlet to Panitza, TL xerox, Oct 1, 1962 (2p.).

• Folder 16

o Baumgart, Johanna, Interview (Ts, 10p.).

• Folder 17

o Eberhard, Elisabeth, Interview (Ts, 4p.),

o Notes (holo, 1p.).

• Folder 18

o Jentgen, Lotte, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 6p.).

• Folder 19

o Jeppesen, Axel B., Interview (Ts, 9p.),

o Biographical sketch (Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 20

o Jodl, Luise, Interview (Ts, 2p.; c.2 carbon, 2p.),

o Photographs, ca. 1944 (2 items),

o Documents, letters and messages concerning Gen Jodl, Apr 1945 (10 items: Ts, 16p.),

o Notes (holo, 1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, ALS, June 11, 1963 (4p.),

o Letter to Ryan, ALS, July 18, 1963 (8p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Aug 1, 1963 (1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Oct 25, 1963 (1p.),

o Letter Ryan to Jodl, Tl carbon, Oct 27, 1964 (2p.),

o Letter to Ryan, ALS, Oct 31, 1964 (4p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Nov 23, 1964 (2p.),

o Letter Ryan to Jodl, TL carbon, Nov 25, 1964 (2p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, July 3, 1966 (2p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Aug 1, 1966 (2p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Aug 18, 1966 (1p.),

o Letter Max Pemsel to Ryan, ALS, Aug 20, 1966 (1p.),

o Letter to Mrs Ryan, ALS, June 22, 1980 (3p.),

o Letter Mrs Ryan to Jodl, TLS xerox, Nov 10, 1980 (1p.),

o Letter to Mrs Ryan, ALS, Nov 29, 1980 (2p.),

o Christmas cards (2 items).

• Folder 21

o Koster, Ursula, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Account, 1945 (Ts, 3p.; English: Ts, 3p.),

o Interview (Ts, 5p.).

• Folder 22

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o Pfeuti, Emma, Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.; English: Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 23

o Poganowska, Richard, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 15p.).

• Folder 24

o Reisner, Kathe, Interview (Ts, 7p.).

• Folder 25

o Reschke, Rudolf, Interview (Ts, 10p.).

• Folder 26

o Rocholl, Edit, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 27

o Ruhmann, Heinz, Interview (Ts, 3p.),

o Photograph, ca. 1962 (1 item).

• Folder 28

o Saenger, Erna, Interview (Ts, 3p.),

o Diary, Dec 25, 1944 – May 5, 1945 (Ts, 11p.),

o Photograph, 1945 (1 item).

• Folder 29

o Saenger, Ingeborg, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 1p.),

o Diary, Apr 23 – May 1, 1945 (Ts, 5p.).

• Folder 30

o Vogel, Erich, Interview (Ts, 4p.).

Zoo

• Folder 31

o Historical research (Ts, 36p.).

• Folder 32

o Heck, Lutz, Interview (Ts, 3p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Feb 2, 1963 (1p.; English: Ts, 1p.)

o with Zoo inventory in April, 1945 (Ts, 3p.; English: Ts, 3p.),

o Diary, Apr 26 – May 2, 1945 (Ts, 3p.; English: Ts, 2p.),

o Photograph, ca. 1945 (1 item).

• Folder 33

o Heinroth, Katherina, Interview (holo, 7p.; Ts version, 3p.),

o Photographs, 1933, 1934 (2 items),

o Photographs, 1942 (2 items),

o Photographs, 1949 (1 item),

o Photographs, ca. 1953 (2 items),

o Photographs, ca. 1962 (2 items).

• Folder 34

o Johst, Elizabeth, Interview (Ts, 4p.).

Box 60

• Folder 1

o Riedel, Gustav, Interview (holo, 7p.; Ts version, 3p.),

o Zoo inventory and ration requirements, June-July, 1945 (7 items: Photostat, 5p., Ts, 1p.;

English: Ts, 4p.),

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o “Der Zoologische Garten Berlin”, 1951 (64p.),

o “Wegweiser durch den Zoologische Garten Berlin”, 1959 (96p.),

o “Aquarium im Berliner Zoo”, ca. 1951 (24p.).

• Folder 2

o Schwarz, Heinrich, Interview (holo, 8p.; Ts version, 4p.).

• Folder 3

o Wendt, Walter, Interview (holo, 4p.; Ts version, 3p.).

Fringe areas.

• Folder 4

o Friedrichs, Paul, Letter, TLS, Jan 11, 1963 (2p.; English: Ts, 3p.),

o Interview (Ts, 6p.).

• Folder 5

o Harndt, Ewald, Interview (Ts, 6p.).

• Folder 6

o Korab, Alexander, Interview (Ts, 4p.),

o Comments on interview by J. Aherns? (holo xerox, 3p.; Ts, version, 1p.).

• Folder 7

o Radusch, Hildegrad, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 2p.),

o Letter to Flint, TLS, Aug 27, 1962 (2p.; English: Ts, 2p.),

o Letter to Wellmann, TLS, Feb 20, 1963 (2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 9p.),

o Account (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 3p.),

o Diary, Feb 13 – May 10, 1945 (Ts, 24p.),

o Map (photostat, 1p.),

o Goebbel’s broadside, Aug, 1943 (1p.),

o Else Klopsch ID card (photostat, 2p.),

o Radusch Russian ID card (photostat, 1p.),

o Description of Radusch (Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 8

o Zarzycki, Bruno, Questionnaire (Holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 11p.),

o Photographs, 1945 (5 items, 4 with negatives).

Miscellaneous.

• Folder 9-10

o Cords, Helmut, Interview (space copies: c.2-3 Ts carbon, 169p.).

• Folder 11

o Bernhard, Dr. Hella, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.),

o Telephone interview (Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 12

o Gunther, Eduard, Letter to Ryan, TLS, Apr 21, 1963 (1p.).

• Folder 13

o Hagemann, Ly, Letter to Ryan, TLS, Apr 7, 1963 (2p.).

• Folder 14

o Reinke, Helene, Letter to Ryan, ALS, Jan 23, 1963 (4p.).

• Folder 15

o Toth de Besenye, Josef P., Letter to Ryan,TLS, July 3, 1963 (2p.).

• Folder 16

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o Von Wienskowski, H., Letter Ryan to Von Wienskowski, TL carbon, Mar 8, 1963 (2p.).

• Folder 17

o Miscellaneous notes, addresses, letters (22p.).

• Folder 18

o Notebooks with miscellaneous notes and addresses, notes on German civilian and British POW

interviews (2 items: holo, 107p.).

• Folder 19

o Address books for German civilians (2 items: Ts/holo, 191p.).

• Folder 20

o “Berlin Street Index and Key to Numbered Buildings for use with Town Plan of Berlin”, 3rd ed.,

1945 (250p.).

Box 61

• Folder 1

o AMTLICHES FERNSPRECHBUCH FUR DEN BEZIRK DER REICHSPOSTDIREKTION BERLIN 1941 (Official

Telephone Book of the Postmaster General’s Department for the Districts of Berlin 1941)

(1534p.).

• Folder 2-4

o Magnetic tapes of German civilian interviews (3 reels).

Cab 81204

Maps.

• Dr8

o Berlin, with overlay showing locations of civilians interviewed.

o Berlin area, based on air photographs up to May 29, 1944, showing location and function of

buildings still standing (2 copies).

o Berlin, with overlay showing attack directions, Apr 24-30, 1945.

o Reichssportfield, Berlin, 1937.

German Forces

Box 61

• Folder 5

o Berlin districts by Army command (Ts, 1p.),

o Chronological listing of days and dates (Ts, 2p.; c.2 carbon, 2p.; c.3 carbon, 1p.),

o Organization of 3rd SS Panzer Corps, Apr 23, 1945 (Ts,carbon, 2p.).

o In-text captions (Ts carbon, 1p.),

o List of characters in book by chapter and location (Ts carbon, 2p.; 2 copies).

• Folder 6

o Notes on lists of German generals and other military to be contacted (Ts/holo, 34p.).

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• Folder 7

o Willemer, Wilhelm, "The German Defense of Berlin", OCMH, MS #P- 136 (65p.).

Box 62

• Folder 1

o Rocolle, Lt Col, LA PRISE DE BERLIN (English: Ts, 145p., photostat, 36p.).

• Folder 2

o Bauer, Magna, "Ninth Army's Last Attack and Surrender Apr 21 - May 7, 1945", OCMH, MS #R-79, Apr, 1956 (xerox, 61p.).

• Folder 3

o Bauer, Magna, "The End of Army Group Weichsel and Twelfth Army, Apr 27 - May 7, 1945", OCNH, MS #R-69, June, 1956 (xerox, 92p.).

• Folder 4

o Reports on public utilities, businesses, ca. Apr-June, 1945 (Ts, 87p.),

o Photographs, 1945 (3 items with negatives).

• Folder 5

o German messages, field commands and main events, Apr 20-29, 1945 (Ts, 8p.).

• Folder 6-7

o Army Group Weichsel war diary, Apr 20-29, 1945 (xerox, 502p.).

• Folder 8

o OKW messages and documents listing, Feb-Mar, 1945 (Ts, 110p.).

• Folder 9

o OKM messages, Apr 26 - May 15, 1945 (photographs, 74p.),

o Index (holo, 4p.).

Box 63

• Folder 1

o Index to German Landesarchiv documents (Ts, 12p.).

• Folder 2-6

o German Landesarchiv documents - letters, statements, interviews, etc, 1945 (English: Ts, 780p.).

• Folder 7

o Faeckenstedt, Ernst, "The Campaign in Central Germany during the period 22 March till

11 Mal 1945, from the Koblenz-Speyer sector as far as the Erzgebirge position

(mountains in Saxony)", OCMH, MS #B-554 (xerox, 26p.).

• Folder 8

o Hitzfeld, Otto, "Combat in Central-Germany (22.3.1945 - 11.5.1945) within the

Command-post of the LXVII, A.K., during the period from the 22 Mar 1945 to 19 Apr

1945", OCMH, MS #B-309, Aug, 1946 (xerox, 37p.).

• Folder 9

o Von Edelsheim, Max, "XXXXVIII Panzer Corps on the Saale and Elbe (11 April - 3 May 1945)", OCMH, MS #B-219 (xerox, 30p.).

• Folder 10

o "The Story of the Model Photo", OCMH, MS #B-395 (xerox, 2p.).

Box 64

• Folder 1

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o OKW documents and messages, Feb - Apr, 1945 (Ts/Ts carbon, 274p.).

• Folder 2-3

o Army Group Weichsel war diary, Apr 20-29, 1945 (Ts, 245p.; c.2 carbon, 258p.).

• Folder 4

o Zimmermann, Genlt Bodo, "OB West (Atlantic Wall to Siegfried Line) A Study in

Command", OCMH, MS #B-308, Oct, 1946, v.1 (215p.).

Box 65

• Folder 1

o Zimmermann, Genlt Bodo, "OB West (Atlantic Wall to Siegfried Line) A Study in

Command", OCMH, MS #B-308, Oct, 1946, v.2-3 (142p.).

National (Alpine) Redoubt.

• Folder 2

o Newspaper articles (43 items: Ts/photostat, 37p.).

• Folder 3

o Letter Lee to Ryan, TLS, July 24, 1963 (1p.)

o with 12th Army Group's Reorientation of Strategy, Mar 21, 1945 (xerox, 5p.).

• Folder 4

o Hq, 7th Army, G-2 Study on National Redoubt, Mar 25, 1945 (Ts, 5p.).

• Folder 5

o Hofer, Franz, "National Redoubt", OCMH, MS #B-458 (xerox, 37p.).

• Folder 6

o "The Alpine Defense-Line"/"The Alpine- Fortification", OCMH, MS #B-457 (xerox, 26p.).

• Folder 7

o Von Hengel, Georg R., "The Alpine Redoubt", OCMH, MS #B-461 (xerox, 16p.).

• Folder 8

o Von Hengel, Georg R., "Report on the Alpine Fortress", OCMH, MS #B-459 (xerox, 13p.).

Hitler's bunker.

• Folder 9

o Newspaper and magazine articles (65 items: 162p.).

o Byford-Jones, W., BERLIN TWILIGHT (pp. 83-91, xerox).

o Maps and floor plans of Fuhrerbunker (8 items: photostat, 5 originals, 3 duplicates).

o Fuhrer messages and directives concerning defense of Berlin and transfer of command

to Doenitz (photographs, 11p.; English: Ts, 3p.).

Berchtesgaden.

• Folder 10

o News release of RAF bombing, Apr 24, 1945 (Ts, 3p.).

Hitler's staff.

• Folder 11

o Blumentritt, Gen Gunther, Letter to Ryan, TLS, Feb 15, 1963 (6p.),

o Postcard to Ryan, ANS, Feb 19, 1963 (1p.).

• Folder 12

o Ducke, Lt Josef, Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.; English: Ts carbon, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 3p.).

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• Folder 13

o Hoffman, Gen, Interview notes (Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 14

o Koller, Gen Karl, "The Collapse Viewed from Within", A.D.I. (K) Report #348, 1945 (memoirs) (xerox, 43p.; 3 copies),

o DER LETZTE MONAT (The Last Month) (pp. 1-138, xerox, complete).

Box 66

• Folder 1

o Kratschmar, Heinz, Interview (Ts, 11p.).

• Folder 2

o Lohmann, Hanns-Heinrich, Interview (Ts, 5p.).

• Folder 3

o Pemsel, LtGen Max, Interview (holo, 2p.; Ts version, 4p.),

o Photograph, 1945 (1 original, 1 duplicate),

o Photographs, 1962 (6 items).

• Folder 4

o Pfoser, Lt Alfons, Questionnaire (Ts, 4p.; English: Ts, 3p.),

o Interview (Ts, 11p.).

• Folder 5

o Pluskat, Werner, Interview (Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 6

o Priller, Mrs, Notes (Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 7

o Reuss, Maj Gen Franz, Interview (Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 8

o Schack, Gen Friedrich A., Interview (Ts, 10p.).

• Folder 9

o Speidel, Gen Hans, Telephone interview notes (Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 10

o Usbeck, Sgt Otto, Interview (Ts, 7p.).

• Folder 11

o Von Oppeln-Bronikowski, Gen, Notes on letter and telephone conversation (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 12

o Voss, Lt Peter, Interview (Ts, 5p.).

Hitler's court.

• Folder 13

o Boldt, Gerhard, Newspaper article (1p.).

• Folder 14

o Echtmann, Fritz, Interview notes (holo, 10p.),

o Photographs, ca. 1963 (3 original, 1 duplicate).

• Folder 15

o Erickson, "Conclusions re Hitler's death" (Ts, 19p.),

o Letter Helmut O. Wilk to Ryan, TLS, May 8, 1963 (1p.),

o Newspaper article (photostat, 1p.),

o Box 74 • Magnetic recording of "Conclusions..." (1 reel).

• Folder 16

o Goebbels, Josef and Magda, Translation of Apr 21, 1943 broadside (holo, 1p.).

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• Folder 17

o Goering, Hermann, Protocol of Interrogation of Reichsmarshall Herman Goering, June 17, 1945 (Ts, 10p.),

o Message to Von Ribbentrop, Apr 23, 1945 (photostat, 1p.; English: Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 18

o Guensche, Interrogation excerpts (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 19

o Hein, Heinrich, Interview (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 20

o Heusemann, Katharina R., Interview (holo, 19p.; Ts carbon version, 9p.; 2 copies),

o Newspaper articles (3 items: 2p., Ts, 5p.),

o Photographs, 1964 (6 items).

• Folder 21

o Himmler, Gen Heinrich, BBC news bulletins, Apr 28 - May 1, 1945 (Ts, 2p.),

o Telediphone news transmission, May 24, 1945 (Ts, 1p.),

o Newspaper article (Ts, 1p.),

o Photographs, 1945 (3 original, 1 with negative, 1 duplicate).

• Folder 22

o Jakubek, Erwin, Interview (Ts, 4p.).

• Folder 23

o Kempka, Erich, Interview (holo, 26p.; Ts version, 15p.),

o Kempka, I HAVE BURNED HITLER (Ts, 32p.).

• Folder 24

o Kuntz, Dr Helmut, Interview (Ts, 7p.).

• Folder 25

o Linge, Heinz, Newspaper articles (17 items: photostat/xerox, 26p.).

• Folder 26

o McCowen, Lt Col J.L., Interview (Ts, 17p.),

o Letter to Chapman, TL copy, Feb 26, 1963 (1p.; c.2 carbon, 1p.),

o Statement, Sept 18, 1945 (xerox, 4p.).

• Folder 27

o Nauman, Werner, Interview (holo, 6p.; Ts carbon version, 5p.; 2 copies),

o Interview (Ts, 10p.),

o Newspaper article (1p.).

• Folder 28

o Reitsch, Hanna, Postcards, ca. 1943 (2 items),

o Vinson, Lt David B., "Air Medical Intelligence Report of Flugkapitan Hanna Reitsch" (mimeograph, 26p.).

• Folder 29

o Speer, Albert, Magazine article (17p.).

• Folder 30

o Von Schirach, Baroness, Notes (Ts carbon/holo, 5p.; English: Ts, 3p.),

o Accounts (German: 2 items: Ts, 7p.; holo, 5p.),

o Newspaper article (1p.),

o Kuby, Erich, DAS ENDE DES SCHRECKEN (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 31

o Excerpts from TRIAL OF THE GERMAN MAJOR WAR CRIMINALS (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 32

Miscellaneous statements and interrogation excerpts from CIC, Ft Holabird, Md, files.

o Letter Lee to Ryan, TLS, Mar 14, 1963 (1p.) with Lists of people in bunker and people

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interrogated by CIC (Ts, 5p.).

o Letter Lee to Ryan, TLS, Jan 25, 1963 (3p.) with information concerning Baltimore's Hitler files.

o Albrecht, Alwin (photostat, 1p.).

o Axmann, Artur (photostat, 2p.).

o Blaschke, Dr Hugo J. (Ts carbon, 3p.).

o Brandt, Dr Karl (Ts carbon 7p., xerox, 6p.).

o Braun, Eva, Letter to sister (photostat, 3p.).

o Brueckner, Wilhelm (Ts carbon, 3p.).

o Christian, Gerda (photostat, 5p.).

o Doerner, Sevrin (photostat, 4p.).

o Geissing, Erwin (Ts carbon, 24p.).

o Hitler: Forms for marriage (photostat, 2p.).

o Hitler: Political testament (photostat, 4p.).

o Hitler: Private will (photostat, 1p.).

o Hitler: Will (photostat, 3p.).

o Flegel, Erna (photostat, 11p.).

o Gebhardt, Karl (photostat, 4p.).

o Hewel, Walter (photostat, 2p.).

o Johanmeier, Willi (photostat, 2p.).

o Junge, Gertrud (Ts, 14p.; c.2 carbon, 14p.).

o Kempka, Erich (Ts carbon, 9p., xerox, 5p.).

o Mansfeld, Erich (photostat, 4p.).

o Matthiesing, Heinz (photostat, 4p.).

o Meyer, Johann (photostat, 1p.).

o Mueller, Willi (photostat, 1p.).

o Reitsch, Hanna (photostat, 13p.).

o Schaedle, Frans (photostat, 1p.).

o Schaub, Julius (photostat, 2p.).

o Schrieber, Maj Gen Walter (Ts carbon, 2p.; 2 copies).

o Schwegermann, Guenther (photostat, 4p.).

o Spaeth, Dr Karl (photostat, 4p.).

o Von Below, Nicolaus (photostat, 10p.).

o Von Eberstein, Karl (Ts carbon, 6p.).

o Von Hasselbach, Dr Hans (Ts carbon, 5p.).

o Von Loringhoven, Baron Freytag (photostat, 6p.).

o Wolf, Johanna (photostat, 3p.).

o Zander, Wilhelm (photostat, 2p.).

o Newspaper article (xerox, 1p.).

o Kuckhoff, Greta, "The 'Rote Kapelle'" (xerox, 4p.)

Box 67

OKW

• Folder 1

o Schramm, Percy (ed), Excerpts from WAR DIARY OF THE ARMY HIGH COMMAND, v.4 (Ts, 3p.; c.2 carbon, 3p.).

• Folder 2

o Gehlen, Gen Reinhard, Magazine article (1p.).

• Folder 3

o Jodl, Gen Alfred, Interview, Aug 2, 1945 (xerox, 11p.),

o Photographs, ca. 1944 (3 items),

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o Photograph, ca. 1946 (1 item with negative),

o Photographs, 1964 (5 items).

• Folder 4

o Krebs, Gen Hans, (Empty).

• Folder 5

o Schultz, Maj Joachim, "War Diary of Hq North (A)", Apr 20 - May 23, 1945 (Ts, 28p.; c.2 carbon, 28p.; c.3 xerox, 28p.),

o Schultz, "The Battle for Berlin" (Ts, 39p., photostat, 4p.).

OKH

• Folder 6

o Bormann, Martin, Newspaper articles (2 items: 3p.).

• Folder 7

o Dethleffsen, Gen Erich, Interview (Ts, 2p.),

o Letter Ryan to William Birnie, TLS xerox, Jan 4, 1972 (1p.),

o Statement, winter 1945/46 (Ts, 51p.),

o Newspaper article (xerox, 2p.).

• Folder 8

o Lasson, Cpl Werner, Interview (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 9

o Volk, Dr Helmut, Interview (holo, 1p.; Ts version, 4p.).

Berlin Command.

• Folder 10

o Lampe, Lt Albrecht, Interview (Ts, 10p.).

• Folder 11

o Refior, Col Hans, Interview (Ts, 6p.),

o Refior, "My Berlin Diary" (Ts, 47p.),

o Photographs, ca. 1945 (2 original, 1 with negative; 2 duplicates).

• Folder 12

o Reymann, Gen Hellmuth, Interview (Ts, 3p.),

o Reymann, "I Had To Defend Berlin" (Ts, 30p.),

o Photographs, 1945 (8 items),

o Photographs, 1963 (8 items).

3rd Panzer Army.

• Folder 13

o Gareis, Gen Martin, Interview (Ts, 2p.),

o Diary, Mar 29 - May 8, 1945 (Ts, 30p.),

o Photographs, ca. 1945 (4 items, 2 with negatives),

o Photographs, 1963 (15 items),

o Brandenburg map, 1937, with holo notations (1 item).

• Folder 14

o Muller-Hillebrand, Maj Gen Burkhart, Interview (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 15

o Steiner, Gen Felix M., Interview (Ts, 9p.),

o Steiner, "Die Freiwilligen" (photostat, 5p.),

o Photograph, 1963 (1 item).

• Folder 16

o Von Manteuffel, Gen Hasso, Interview (Ts, 13p.),

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o Letter to editors, TLS, Jan 25, 1963 (1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Mar 19, 1963 (1p.),

o Photograph, 1963 (1 item).

Box 67

9th Army

• Folder 17

o Busse, Gen Theodor, Interview (Ts, 9p.),

o Maps (photostat, 5p.),

o Busse, "The Last Battle of the 9th Army", MILITARY SCIENCE REVIEW, v.5, #4, Apr, 1955 (Ts, 44p.),

o Bauer, Magna, "Ninth Army's Last Attack and Surrender", OCMH, MS #R-79 (xerox, 60p.),

o Photographs, 1963 (4 items).

• Folder 18

o Fritz, Lt Albert, Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 8p.).

• Folder 19

o Hagemann, Lt Gen Wolf, Interview (Ts, 13p.),

o Excerpts from SOLDATENZEITUNG article (Ts, 4p.),

o Photographs, 1963 (7 items),

o Brandenburg map, 1937, with holo notations (1 item).

• Folder 20

o Meissner, Capt Max, Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 3p.),

o Diary, Jan 19 - May 1, 1945 (Ts, 11p.).

• Folder 21

o Schuhmacher, Lt Manuel, Interview (Ts, 5p.).

• Folder 22

o Wurach, Maj Kurt, Interview (Ts, 13p.),

o Map with holo notations (1 item),

o Photographs, ca. 1945 (2 items with negatives).

12th Army.

• Folder 23

o Reichhelm, Col Gunther, Interview (Ts, 4p.),

o Reichhelm, "The Last Rally: Battles Fought by the German 12th Army in the Heart of

Germany, between East and West (13 April - 7 May 1945)", OCMH, MS #B-606, May 31,

1947 (xerox, 43p.; original version, Ts, 32p.),

o Photographs, 1945 (2 items),

o Photographs, 1963 (4 items).

• Folder 24

o Wenck, Gen Walter, Interview (Ts, 8p.),

o Ritter, H.W., "Factual Report of Interviews with General A.D. Walter Wenck", (Ts, 42p.),

o "Summary of Final Battles between the Order and Elbe in Apr/May 1945 (Especially the Battles of 12th Army)" (Ts, 10p.),

o Photographs, 1963 (9 items),

o Brandenburg map, 1937, with holo notations (1 item).

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Army Group Weichsel (Vistula).

Box 68

• Folder 1

o Brandenburg maps, 1937, with holo notations (2 items).

o Umgebung von Berlin map, showing Allied attack directions, Apr 22-28, 1945, scale 1:1,000,000, 1936 (1 item).

• Folder 2

o Eismann, Col Hans G., Account (Ts, 166p.),

o Notes on account (Ts, 4p.; c.2-3 carbon, 4p.).

• Folder 3

o Heinrici, Gen Gotthard, Interview (German: Ts with holo revisions, 16p.; English: Ts, 13p.; c.2 carbon, 13p.),

o Memoirs (Ts, 60p.),

o Army Group Weichsel command structure (holo, 1p.),

o Map overlay (1p.),

o QUICK, #5, Feb 2, 1957 (44p.),

o Statement to Chief of Staff, Apr, 1945 (Ts, 1p.),

o Weapon and equipment lists (Ts, 3p.),

o Letter Linden to Ryan, TLS, Feb 4, 1963 (1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Feb 11, 1963 (1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Feb 12, 1963 (2p.),

o Note to Ryan, ANS, Feb 14, 1963 (2p.),

o Note to Ryan, ANS, Mar 7, 1963 (2p.),

o Letter Lee to Ryan, TLS, Mar 21, 1963 (1p.),

o Memo Naccache to Ryan, TL, Apr 11, 1963 (1p.).

• Folder 4

o Heinrici diary (pp. 11-110, photostat; English: Ts, 60p.),

o History and account (Ts, 34p.),

o Jodl-Heinrici telephone conversation, Apr 26, 1945 (Ts, 1p.),

o Army Group Weichsel war diary, Apr 20-29, 1945 (Ts, 152p.).

• Folder 5

o Lang, Capt Hellmuth, Interview (Ts, 3p.),

o Letter Rommel to Lang, 1944 (untranslated, photostat, 3p.),

o Photograph, ca. 1945 (1 item),

o Photographs, 1963 (2 items),

o Scenic photographs (10 items),

o Christmas greeting brochure, 1965 (2p.).

• Folder 6

o Von Bila, Capt Heinrich, Interview (Ts, 8p.),

o Letter Naccache to Ryan, TLS, Feb 28, 1964 (3p.),

o Letter Naccache to Ryan, TLS, Apr 2, 1964 (5p.).

• Folder 7

o Von Trotha, Photograph, ca. 1945 (1 original,2 duplicates).

56th Panzer Corps.

• Folder 8

o Bottcher, Lt Col Friedrich, Interview (Ts,carbon, 23p.).

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Box 69

• Folder 1

o Von Dufving, Col Theodor, Interview (Ts,8p.),

o "Surrender of Berlin Garrison 1st and 2nd May, 1945" (Ts, 9p.),

o Account (Ts, 40p.),

o Correspondence between von Dufving and Haupt and Pabel Publishing Co, Jan - Mar, 1964 (6 items: Ts, 9p.),

o Letter Flint to Ryan, TLS, Mar 26, 1964 (1p.) with

o Maps (7 items: 2 maps located Box A, #1),

o Photograph, 1944 (1 item),

o Photograph, 1961/62 (1 item),

o Photographs, 1963 (6 items),

o Letter to Helgard Kramer, TLS, June 4, 1963 (4p.),

o Letter Kramer to von Dufving, TL carbon, June 7, 1963 (2p.),

o Letter to Kramer, TLS, June 15, 1963 (5p.).

• Folder 2

o Weidling, Gen H., Russian interrogations (3 items: Ts, 43p.; c.2-3 carbon, 43p.),

o Weidling, "The Final Battle in Berlin (April 23 to May 2, 1945", WEHRWISSENSCHAFTLICHE RUNDSCHAU, Jan-Mar, 1962 (xerox, 31p.).

• Folder 3

o Wohlermann, Hans-Oscar, Interview (Ts, 5p.),

o Account, Aug 15, 1952 (Ts, 57p.),

o Wohlermann, "Commentary on General of the Artillery H. Weidling's: The Final Battle in Berlin", WEHRWISSENSCHAFTLICHE RUNDSCHAU, June, 1962 (Ts, 4p.),

o Photographs, 1963 (4 original, 2 duplicates).

101st Corps.

• Folder 4

o Sixt, Lt Gen Friedrich, Interview (Ts, 5p.),

o Photograph, ca. 1945 (1 item),

o Photographs, 1963 (4 items).

1st Flak Division.

• Folder 5

o Annuschek, Capt Karl H., Interview (Ts, 6p.).

• Folder 6

o Kirchner, Lt Heinz, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 7

o Scherka, Cpl Erich, Questionnaire (holo, 3p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 9p.).

• Folder 8

o Von Zabeltitz, Capt Leonhardt, Interview (Ts, 12p.).

9th Paratroop Division.

• Folder 9

o Arnold, Lt Hans- Werner, Interview (Ts, 6p.).

• Folder 10

o Hirsch, Lt Alfred, Questionnaire (holo, 3p.; English: Ts carbon, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 3p.),

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o Photograph, 1963 (1 item).

• Folder 11

o Jansen, Lt Hans, Interview (Ts, 10p.).

• Folder 12

o Rein, Lt Hans, Interview (Ts, 14p.).

• Folder 13

o Roth, Josef, Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.; English: Ts carbon, 1p.).

Nordland Division.

• Folder 14

o Bensch, Sgt Willy, Interview (Ts, 7p.).

• Folder 15

o Burghart, Cpl Roman, Inteview (Ts, 6p.).

• Folder 16

o Clauss, Cpl Paul, Questionnaire (holo, 3p.; English: Ts carbon, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 4p.).

• Folder 17

o Gross, Ernst, Questionnaire (holo, 3p.; English: Ts carbon, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 5p.).

• Folder 18

o Haas, Cpl Fritz, Interview (Ts, 11p.).

• Folder 19

o Hensler, Lt Hans, Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.; English: Ts carbon, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 20p.).

• Folder 20

o Illum, Gunnar M., Questionnaire (Ts, 5p.; English: Ts carbon, 4p.),

o Interview (Ts, 21p.),

o Extracts from letter (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 21

o Jung, PFC Albert, Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.; English: Ts carbon, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 14p.).

• Folder 22

o Koder, PFC Hans, Interview (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 23

o Krukenberg, Maj Gen Gustav, Interview (Ts, 11p.),

o Memo for interview (Ts, 2p.),

o Account, ca. 1946 (Ts, 37p.),

o Excerpts from Haupt, Werner, BERLIN 1945 - HITLER'S LAST BATTLE (Ts, 2p.),

o Photographs, ca. 1945 (2 items),

o Photographs, 1963 (9 items),

o Letter to Ryan, TL copy, Jan 8, 1964 (1p.),

o Letter to Werner Haupt, TL copy, Jan 8, 1964 (2p.),

o Letter Haupt to Krukenberg, TL copy, Jan 18, 1964 (1p.),

o Letter to Flint, TL copy, Jan 25, 1964 (2p.).

• Folder 24

o Scholles, Sgt Hans-Peter, Questionnaire (holo, 3p.),

o Interview (Ts, 20p.),

o Diary, Apr 25-28, 1945 (Ts, 7p.).

• Folder 25

o Timm, Lt Walter, Interview (Ts, 10p.).

• Folder 26

o Winge, Pvt Hans-Joachim, Questionnaire (holo, 3p.),

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o Interview (Ts, 4p.).

Box 69

Volksstrum.

• Folder 27

o Bruschke, Waldermar, Questionnaire (Ts, 9p.; English: Ts, 9p.),

o Letter to editors, TLS, Jan 11, 1963 (1p.; English: Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 28

o Drost, Gunter, Interview (Ts, 10p.),

o Report on medical and pharmaceutical supplies in Berlin, 1945 (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 29

o Groll, Cpl Artur, Questionnaire (holo, 3p.; English: Ts, 1p.; c.2 carbon, 1p.).

• Folder 30

o Haaf, Oskar, Interview (Ts, 9p.).

• Folder 31

o Hartmann, Rudolf, Questionnaire (holo, 3p.; English: Ts, 1p.; c.2 carbon, 1p.).

• Folder 32

o Heckscher, Sgt Edmund, Questionnaire (holo, 3p.; English: Ts, 1p.; c.2 carbon, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 5p.).

• Folder 33

o Hellriegel, Hermann, Interview (Ts, 11p.).

• Folder 34

o Rose, Maj Heinz, Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.; English: Ts, 1p.; c.2 carbon, 1p.).

• Folder 35

o Von Halt, Karl R., Interview (Ts, 2p.),

o Letter to Korbs, TL, Feb 28, 1963 (1p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Photographs, 1963 (2 items).

• Folder 36

o Wrede, Fritz, Questionnaire (holo, 3p.; English: Ts, 1p.; c.2 carbon, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 11p.),

o Account, 1963 (holo, 11p.; English: Ts, 5p.).

Box 70

Berlin Fire Department.

• Folder 1

o Draeger, Fire Lt Willi, Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.; English: Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 2

o Hohne, Fire Capt Heinz, Interview (Ts, 6p.),

o Map (1 item: photostat),

o Fire Department #3 Log Book, Apr 20 - May 3, 1945 (Ts, 6p.).

• Folder 3

o Nolte, Fire Col Wilhelm, Interview (Ts, 10p.).

• Folder 4

o Strauss, Fire Lt Erwin, Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.; English: Ts, 1p.).

Berlin Police Department.

• Folder 5

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o Schirmer, Police Lt Brumo, Interview (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 6

o Strenka, Gustav, Interview (Ts, 11p.).

Zoo Flak Tower.

• Folder 7

o Ache, Capt Kurt, Interview (Ts, 34p.).

• Folder 8

o Hagedorn, Dr W., Interview (Ts, 5p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TL copy, July 22, 1963 (4p.),

o Photographs, ca. 1945 (9 items, 5 with negatives),

o Photographs, 1963 (5 items).

• Folder 9

o Niedieck, Gerda, Interview (Ts, 20p.),

o Interview with Liselotte Mekelburger (Ts, 2p.; c.2 carbon, 2p.),

o Photographs, 1963 (10 items).

• Folder 10

o Schumacher, Dr Werner, Interview (Ts, 4p.).

Hitler Youth.

• Folder 11

o Bonath, PFC Herbert, Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.),

o Interview (Ts, 3p.),

o Account: "To The Bitter End" (pp. 37ff as Ts, 29p.),

o Photograph, ca. 1945 (1 item).

• Folder 12

o Feldheim, Willy, Interview (Ts, 66p.),

o Berlin map with holo notations (1 item),

o Photographs, 1963 (21 items).

• Folder 13

o Pienkny, Gunther, Questionnaire (holo, 3p.; English: Ts, 1p.; c.2 carbon, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 21p., with map),

o Photographs, ca. 1945 (2 items, 1 with negative).

• Folder 14

o Schulz, Aribert, Questionnaire (holo, 3p.; English: Ts, 2p.),

o Interview (Ts, 12p.),

o Letter to editors, ALS, July 31, 1962 (2p.).

• Folder 15

o Thamm, PFC Willi, Questionnaire (holo, 3p.; English: Ts, 1p.; c.2 carbon, 1p.),

o Account: "Thus They Had To Die" (Ts, 10p.; c.2 carbon, 10p.).

• Folder 16

o Wetzki, Hans J., Questionnaire (holo, 3p.; English: Ts, 1p.; c.2 carbon, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 12p., with map),

o Photograph, ca. 1945 (1 item).

Berlin Defense Area Units.

• Folder 17

o Bombach, Walter, Interview (Ts, 4p.).

• Folder 18

o Gold, Walter, Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.; English: Ts, 1p.; c.2 carbon, 1p.).

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• Folder 19

o Hock, Manfred, Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.; English: Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 20

o Kruger, Heinz, Questionnaire (English: Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 21

o Kruger, Ulrich F., Questionnaire (holo, 3p.; English: Ts, 2p.),

o Letter to editors, TLS, Aug 1, 1962 (1p.).

• Folder 22

o Kuhn, Alfred, Questionnaire (holo, 3p.; English: Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 23

o Lambracht, Lt Erich, Questionnaire (holo, 3p.; English: Ts, 1p.; c.2 carbon, 1p.).

• Folder 24

o Patzer, Heinz, Questionnaire (holo, 3p.; English: Ts, 1p.; c.2 carbon, 1p.).

• Folder 25

o Romling, Horst, Questionnaire (holo, 3p.; English: Ts, 1p.; c.2 carbon, 1p.).

• Folder 26

o Thulke, Dieter, Questionnaire (holo, 3p.; English: Ts/holo, 1p.; c.2 Ts carbon, 1p.).

• Folder 27

o Ulisch, Lt Walter, Questionnaire (Ts, 3p.; English: Ts carbon, 1p.),

o Interview (Ts, 5p.).

• Folder 28

o Verleih, Max, Questionnaire (holo, 3p.; English: Ts, 1p.; c.2 carbon, 1p.).

• Folder 29

o Wedell, Dr Gunther, Interview (Ts, 13p.).

• Folder 30

o Werner, Franz, Questionnaire (Holo, 3p.; English: Ts, 2p.),

o Excerpts from letter, Jan 17, 1963 (Ts, 1p.).

Dead File.

• Folder 31

o Apitzsch, Bertha, Questionnaire (holo, 3p.; English: Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 32

o Hensel, Alex, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 33

o Holz, Hans, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 34

o Hundsdorfer, B., Questionnaire (holo, 2p.).

• Folder 35

o Kruger, Albert, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 36

o Langen, Paula, Questionnaire (holo, 1p.; English: Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 37

o Neistriepke, Dr Seigfried, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 38

o Penns, Wilhelm, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 39

o Perseke, Erich, Questionnaire (holo, 3p.; English: Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 40

o Rau, Dorothea, Questionnaire (holo, 1p.; English: Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 41

o Reineke, Ella, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.).

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• Folder 42

o Richter, Helene, Questionnaire (Ts/holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 43

o Schauke, Ursula, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 44

o Schwinski, Werner, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 45

o Vollert, Else, Questionnaire (holo, 2p.; English: Ts, 1p.),

o Table of contents of diary (Ts, 7p.; English: Ts, 5p.).

• Folder 46

o Wellman, Ruth, Questionnaire (Ts, 2p.).

Box 71

• Folder 1

o Notebooks with interview notes (4 items: holo, 496p.).

o Box 74 • Magnetic tape containing Gens Weildling and Heinrici interviews (3 reels).

Cab 81204

Maps.

• Drw8

o Composite situation of front lines from the most important POW statements and

reports of the Intelligence Service and Front Intelligence from Dec 2, 1944 - Jan 2,

1945.

o Probable continuation of the Soviet Russian operations, Feb 2, 1945.

o Supplement #1 to the report of Col Reichhelm on the battles of the 12th Army, Apr 13 to May 7, 1945: Starting position on Apr 12-13, 1945, scale 1:1,000,000.

o Supplement #2 to the report of Col Reichhelm on the battles of the 12th Army, Apr 13

to May 7, 1945: Starting positions on Apr 24, 1945, and development of enemy

positions until Apr 29, 1945, scale 1:1,000,000.

o Supplement #3 to the report of Col Reichhelm on the battles of the 12th Army, Apr 13

to May 7, 1945: Position of the 20th A.K. on Apr 28-29 for regrouping and attack, scale

1:250,000 (2 copies).

o Supplement #4 to the report of Col Reichhelm on the battles of the 12th Army, Apr 13

to May 7, 1945: Position of the 12th Army from May 1 to May 7, 1945, scale 1:250,000.

Russian Forces

Box 71

• Folder 2

o April, 1965, Russian trip. • Letter P. Fedoceiev to Ryan, TLS (Russian), ca. Mar, 1965 (2p.; English: Ts, 2p.),

• Letter Ryan to Robert Owen, TL carbon, Apr 12, 1965 (2p.; 2 copies),

• Cable Ryan to Gen Boltin, Apr 12, 1965 (Ts, copy, 1p.),

• Letter Malcolm Toon to Ryan, TLS, Apr 2, 1965 (1p.; c.2 carbon, 1p.).

• Folder 3

o Notes on words missing in Russian interview transcripts (holo, 4p., Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 4

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o Batov, Gen Pavel I., Excerpt from HISTORY OF THE 65TH ARMY (pp. 325ff as Ts, 41p.; c.2

carbon, 41p.).

• Folder 5

o Boltin, Gen, Interview (Ts, 12p.),

o Notes on the Soviet investigation of Hitler’s death, Apr 30 – June 17, 1945 (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 6

o Butnik, Sgt, Account (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 7

o Chuikov, Marshal Vasili Ivanovich, Interview (Ts, 12p.),

o Report from 150th Rifle Division concerning the seizure of the Reichstag (Ts, 2p.),

o Chuikov, “The Assault on Berlin” (xerox, 14p.),

o Duka, Maj Gen M., STORMING OF THE SPREE (Ts, 3p.),

o Photographs, 1963 (4 original, 1 duplicate),

o Box 74

• Magnetic recording of interview (2 reels).

• Folder 8

o Ehrenburg, Ilya, WE COME AS JUDGES (pp. 3-63, xerox, text cont. complete),

o Ehrenburg, PEOPLE, YEARS, LIFE v.3 (Ts, 4p.; c.2-3 carbon, 4p.), v.5 (Ts, 4p.),

o Newspaper article (1p.).

• Folder 9

o Erickson, John, Letter to Isscas, TLS xerox, Aug 12, 1962 (2p.; 3 copies) with

o Table of contents of SHTURM BERLINA (xerox, 7p.; c.2-3 xerox, 7p.; 2nd version, Ts, 5p.) and

o Red Army Order of Battle, Apr 15, 1945 (xerox, 6p.),

o Letter to Ryan, ALS, Nov 1, 1962 (3p.),

o Letter to Ryan, ALS, Nov 14, 1962 (1p.),

o Letter Foy Kohler to Ryan, TLS, Nov 16, 1962 (1p.) with

o Draft copy of letter Ryan to Kohler, ALS, ca. Nov 20, 1962 (5p.),

o Letter Ryan to S.K. Romanovsky, TL carbon, Nov 26, 1962 (2p.) with

o Draft copies of letter (2 items: Ts, 4p.),

o Letter to Isaacs, ALS, Dec 18, 1962 (3p.),

o Letter to Isaacs, TL copy, Dec 24, 1962 (1p.),

o Letter to Chapman, ALS xerox, Jan 21, 1963 (3p.),

o Letter Lee to Erickson, TL carbon, Feb 1, 1963 (3p.),

o Letter to Ryan, ALS, Feb 26, 1963 (3p.),

o Note Chapman to Ryan, TNS, Feb 27, 1963 (1p.),

o Cable Lee to Romanovsky, TL carbon, Mar 3, 1963 (5p.; French: Ts carbon, 5p.) with

o Draft letter (Ts, 3p.),

o Cable “Peter” to Ryan, ca. Mar, 1963 (1p.),

o Letter Ryan to Tcheredeev, TL carbon, Mar 5, 1963(French: 1p.),

o Letter Kohler to Gavin, TLS, Mar 15, 1963 (1p.),

o Draft letter Ryan to Hobe Lewis, AL, ca. Mar 1963 (3p.),

o Letter Serguei Vinogradov to Ryan, TLS, Apr 12, 1963 (French: 1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, May 18, 1963 (2p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, May 27, 1963 (2p.),

o Letter to Isaacs, TL photostat, June 2, 1963 (2p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, June 18, 1963 (1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, June 20, 1963 (1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, June 21, 1963 (1p.),

o Letter to Chapman, TLS xerox, July 19, 1963 (1p.) with

o Notes on various documents (xerox, 2p.),

o Note to Ryan, ANS, ca. July 1963 (1p.),

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o Letter to Ryan, ALS, July 31, 1963 (2p.)

o Letter Ryan to Erickson, TL carbon, Aug 13, 1963 (2p.),

o Card to Ryan, ACS, ca. Aug 1963 (1p.),

o Letter Ryan to Erickson, TL carbon, Sept 23, 1963 (2p.),

o Letter Ryan to Erickson, TL carbon, Sept 25, 1963 (2p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Oct 17, 1963 (2p.),

o Night cable Ryan to Erickson, TL copy, Oct 24, 1963 (1p.),

o Cable to Ryan, ca. Oct 26, 1963 (1p.),

o Night cable Ryan to Erickson, TL copy, Nov 4, 1963 (1p.),

o Letter Ann DeLuca to Erickson, TL copy, Nov 4, 1964 (1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, TLS, Nov 5, 1963 (2p.) with

o Newspaper article (1p.),

o Night cable to Ryan, TL copy, Nov 12, 1963 (1p.),

o Cable to Ryan, Nov 29, 1963 (1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, ALS, Dec 2, 1963 (1p.),

o Night cable Ryan to Chapman, TL copy, Dec 19, 1963 (1p.),

o Cable Chapman to Ryan, ca. Dec 20, 1963 (1p.),

o Cable to Ryan, Dec 21, 1963 (1p.),

o Night cable Ryan to Erickson, Dec 23, 1963 (2p.),

o Letter to Chapman, ALS, Feb 14, 1964 (2p.),

o Letter Ryan to Isaacs, TLS, Apr 3, 1964 (2p.),

o Letter Ryan to Erickson, TL carbon, May 19, 1964 (1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, ALS, Oct 6, 1964 (1p.) with

o Letters to Lewis, ALS, Oct 6, 1964 (1p.),

o Letter Ryan to Erickson, TL carbon, Jan 12, 1965 (1p.),

o Cable Chapman to Ryan, ca. Feb 1, 1965 (1p.),

o Letter to Ryan, ALS, May 22, 1965 (4p.),

o Letter to Ryan, ALS, June 1965 (2p.),

o Letter to Ryan, ALS, June 20, 1965 (2p.),

o Excerpts from Ryan-Erickson correspondence (Ts carbon, 3p.),

o Military song of the 6th Guards Rifle Division, inscribed by General Ivanov to Ryan, May 3, 1963,

(Russian: Ts carbon, 5p.),

o Bocca, G., “Red Rape: The Final Agony of Berlin,” TRUE (12p.),

o Newspaper article (Russian: xerox, 6p.),

o Newspaper articles (3 items, 5.),

o Relevent points of Soviet involvment in taking of Berlin and questions to be put to Russian

generals (Ts, 8p., Ts carbon, 6p., holo, 2p.; c.2: xerox, 4p., Ts carbon, 1p.; c.3 xerox, 4p.).

o Box B

• Dictaphone belts (2 items).

• Folder 10

o Erickson’s impressions of 1963 Russian visit (Ts, 24p.),

o Box 74

• Magnetic recording of impressions (1 reel).

Box 72

• Folder 1

o Golbov, Sergei Ivanovich, Interview (Ts, 5p.; c.2 Carbon, 5p.),

o Rough draft (Ts, 4p.).

• Folder 2

o Ivanov, Maj Gen Georgy Vasilievich, Interview (together with Lt Georgy Vladimirovitch

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Kilchevsky and Maj Aronvich Lazaris (Ts, 7p.),

o Photographs, 1963 (5 items).

• Folder 3

o Koniev, Marshall Ivan Stephanovich, Interview (Ts, 15p),

o Koniev, MEMIORS, (xerox, 176p., Ts carbon, 63p.; complete, translated),

o Account of meeting with Stalin, Apr 1, 1945, from “Forty Five,” NOVIY MIR, #5, 1965 (holo,

40p.),

o ATLAS, THE MAGAZINE OF THE WORLD PRESS, V.11, #5, May 1966 (63p.),

o Moscow tourist map, ca. 1962 (1 item),

o Newspaper articles and news releases (4 items: 9p.),

o Excerpts from THE GREAT FATHERLAND WAR OF THE SOVIET UNION 1941-1945 (Ts, 2p.),

o Photographs, 1963 (7 items).

• Folder 4

o Krivoshien, Gen Senen, Letter Chapman to Ryan, TLS, June 9, 1964 (1p.) with

o Krivoshien, THIS WAS WAR (Ts, 5p.).

• Folder 5

o Levchenko, Irena N., Interview (Ts, 1p.),

o Notes (holo, 2p.),

o Photographs, 1963 (4 items).

• Folder 6

o Malinovsky, Lt Mikhail, Interview (Ts, 1p.)

• Folder 7

o Mikayoff, Lt Igor, Interview (Ts, 3p.).

• Folder 8

o Neustroyev, Lt Col S.A., THE STORMING OF THE REICHSTAG (Ts, 59p.; c.2 carbon, 59p.),

o Neustroyev, SHTURM BERLINA (Ts, 7p.),

o Map (holo, 1p.),

o Box 74

• Magnetic recording of the Neustroyev account (1 reel).

• Folder 9

o Olshansky, Maj Alexander, photographs, 1963 (3 items).

• Folder 10

o Platonov, Lt S.P., Letter Chapman to Ryan, TLS, Sept 17, 1963 (1p.) with

o Platonov, THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1935-1945 (Ts. carbon, 30p.),

o Yedenskii, THE BERLIN OPERATIONS OF THE THIRD SHOCK ARMY (Ts carbon, 18p.).

• Folder 11

o Polevoi, Boris (correspondent), Interview (Ts, 15p.).

• Folder 12

o Popiel, Gen Lt N.N., Note Isaacs to Ryan, TNS, June 25, 1964 (1p.) with

o Popiel, FORWARD TO BERLIN (Ts, 18p., Ts carbon, 28p.; c.2 Ts carbon, 46p.; c.3-5 Ts carbon,

13p.),

o Account of Stalin-Zhukov-Koniev meeting of Apr 1, 1945 (Ts, 4p.),

o Box 74 • Magnetic recording of FORWARD TO BERLIN (2 Reels).

• Folder 13

o Popiel, FORWARD TO BERLIN from ZVEZDA, #5-6, 1963 (Russian: xerox, 76p.).

• Folder 14

o PRAVDA and IZVESTIA notes from April 1945 (Ts, 3p.; c.2 carbon, 3p.).

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Box 73

• Folder 1

o RED STAR (ZVEZDA) editors, Interview (Ts, 10p.; c.2 carbon, 10p.).

• Folder 2

o Rokossovskii, Marshall Konstantin, Interview (Ts, 20p.),

o Notes of Seelow Heights Terrain (Ts, 2p.; c.2 carbon, 2p.),

o Photographs, 1963 (7 items).

Russian book excerpts

• Folder 3

o Thirteen Leading Soviet War Correspondents, WHAT WE SAW IN BERLIN (pp. 55-63, xerox),

o Telpuchowski, Boris S., THE SOVIET HISTORY OF THE GERAT FATHERLAND WAR 1941-1945 (Ts,

16p.),

o Telpuchowski, Boris S., DIE SOWJETISCHE GESCHICHTE DES GROSSEN VATHERLANDISCHEN

KRIEGES 1941-1945 (pp. 462-487, xerox).

• Folder 4

o Orders from the Supreme Soviet Command to Front Commanders, Apr 3-23, 1945 (Ts, 13p.; c.2

Ts carbon, 9p.; c.3 Ts carbon, 1p.),

o Notes on Russian army structure and officer personnel (holo, 19p.),

o Cable Flint to Ryan, Sept 27, 1965 (1p.; c.2 Ts, 1p.),

o Letter Erickson to Isaacs, TLS xerox, Aug 12, 1962 (2p.) with

o SHTURM BERLINA table of contents and order of battle for April 15, 1945 (xerox, 13p.),

o Letter Erickson to Chapman, ALS, Aug 6, 1964 (4p.).

• Folder 5

o Samsonov, Col KOnstantin Yakoulevich, Interview (Ts, 13p.),

o Photographs, 1963 (12 original, 3 duplicates).

• Folder 6

o Sokolovskii, Marshall V.D., Interview (Ts, 16p.),

o Photographs, 1963 (9 items).

• Folder 7

o Short interviews with Oder River and Berlin battle participants (9) (holo, 35p.; Ts version,

16p.),

o Photographs, 1963 (8 items),

o Roster of interviewees (Russian: Ts, 1p.).

• Folder 8

o Troyanovsky, Lt Col Pavel, THE LAST DAYS OF BERLIN (pp.1-49, xerox; complete).

• Folder 9

o Vishnevskii, Vselvolod, MEMOIRS, v.4 (Ts, 57p.; c.2 carbon, 57p.),

o Box 74

• Magnetic recording of MEMOIRS (1 reel).

• Folder 10

o Yushchuk, Gen Ivan Ivanovich, Interview (Ts, 7p.),

o Photographs, 1963 (9 items).

• Folder 11

o Zhukov, Marshal Georgi K., “TAKING BERLIN,” MILITARY-HISTORCAL JOURNAL, #6, 1965 (Ts

carbon, 21p.),

o Newspaper articles (3 items: 3p).

• Folder 12

o Excerpts from MILITARY-HISTORICAL JOURNAL, #5, 1959 (Ts, 11p).

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• Folder 13

o Brandenburg map, 1937, with holo notations (1 item).

• Folder 14

o Russian interviews (spare copies) (Ts carbon, 205p.).

• Folder 15

o Notes on Russian trip and some German interviews (1 notebook: holo, 75p).

o Box 74

Magnetic recordings of Russian interviews (7 reels).

Cab 81204

Maps

• Drw 9

o Brandenburg, 1937, showing operations for 1st Blorussian and 1st Ukrainian fronts, Apr 15 – May

5, 1945, scale 1:300,000.

o Brandenburg, 1937, showing corrected positions of 1st Belorussian and 1st Ukrainian fronts

based on 1963 Russian trip, scale 1:300,000.

o Red Army thrusts, 1941-1945.

Condensed Research

Book Material

Box 75

• Rough draft material.*

o *The original arrangement of the rough draft material precludes seperation into definite drafts.

As far as possible, the material has been seperated into the parts of the book. The form for all

rough draft material is: Ts/Ts carbon with holo revisions.

o Dedication and forward (31p.).

• Folder 9-11

o Part I – The City (1322p.).

Box 77

• Folder 1-5

o Part I cont.

Box 78

• Folder 1-6

o Part II – The General (1157p.).

Box 79

• Folder 1-2

o Part II cont.

• Folder 3

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o Parts I and II (216p.).

• Folder 4-6

o Part III – The Objective (1074p.).

Box 80

• Folder 1-4

o Part III cont.

• Folder 5-6

o Part IV – The Decision (1472p.).

Box 81

• Folder 1-6

o Part IV cont.

Box 82

• Folder 1-2

o Part IV cont.

• Folder 3-6

o Part V – The Battle (1299p.).

Box 83

• Folder 1-5

o Part V cont.

• Folder 6

o Back-of-the-book material (516p.).

Box 84

• Folder 1-2

o Back of the book material cont.

• Folder 3

o Manuscript, labeled “Copy 2″ (Ts carbon with holo revisions, 700p.),

Box 85

• Folder 1

o Manuscript, labeled “Copy 3″ (Ts carbon, 700p.).

• Folder 2-3

o Galley (352p.).

Box 86

• Folder 1-4

o “Versions not used” (miscellaneous Ts carbon, 737p.).

• Artwork

• Folder 5

o Picture illustration and caption list, with description and source of photograph, Apr 6, 1965 (Ts

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carbon, 22p.).

o Listing of special and/or exclusive photographs, with description and source of photograph (Ts

carbon, 20p.).

o Listing of photographs and negatives available, indicating subject and source, positive or

negative (Ts, 31p.).

o Captions for chapter 8 (Ts, 2p.).

• Folder 6

o Front and back pages (2 transparencies).

• Folder 7

o Pages 57-64 (26 photographs).

Box A

• Folder 2

o Pages 98-99 (composite map with overlay).

Box 86

• Folder 8

o Pages 105-114 (35 photographs).

Box A

• Folder 3

o Pages 177-192, 211 (38 photographs, 2 negatives).

Box 86

• Folder 9

o Pages 303, 337-341 (13 photographs).

Box A

• Folder 4

o Pages 506, 513-519 (15 photographs).

Box 86

• Folder 10

o Negatives (27 items).

Box 87-88

• Prints and negatives for THE LAST BATTLE production.

• Photographs, ca. 1943-45 (188 originals, 116 duplicates; 183 negatives, 114 duplicates) with

• Welles collection (40 slides, with 39 originals included in the above count),

• Photographs, 1956 (2 originals, 2 duplicates; 2 negatives, 2 duplicates).

• Photograph, 1960 (1 original, 1 duplicate; 1 negative, 1 duplicate),

• Photographs, 1962 (62 originals, 13 duplicates; 11 negatives).

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Box 88

• Special and/or exclusive photographs (100 originals, 63 duplicates; 69 negatives, 45 duplicates; 4p.;

1 pamphlet, Russian).

Screenplay Material Box 89 • Rough drafts • Folder 1-2

o Original outline and notes (Ts/Ts carbon/holo, 310p.). • Folder 3

o Condensed notes and outline, composite dates: Mar 9 – Aug 8, 1966 Ts/Ts carbon/holo, 267p.). • Folder 4

o Listing of principle characters with scene and page from book, June 22, 1966 (ts Xerox, 45p.). • Folder 5

o Drafts (Parts I and II), composite dates: Aug 10, 18, 22, 1966; Nov 30 – Dec 2, 1966; Dec 5-9, 1966 (Ts/Ts carbon with holo revisions, 113p.).

• Folder 6

o Script, detailed outline, Part I, Aug 18, 1966 (Ts, 93p.).

Box 90

• Folder 1

o Script, detailed outline, Part II, Aug 19, 1966 (Ts with holo revision, 104p.).

• Folder 2

o Script, detailed outline, Aug 28, 1966 (Ts, 158p.).

• Folder 3

o Script, detailed outline, Aug 28, 1966 (Ts with holo revisions, 158p.).

• Folder 4

o Script, Part I, Jan 12 – Feb 9, 1967 (Ts carbon, 132p.).

• Folder 5

o Script, Jan 31- Mar 9, 1967 (Ts carbon with holo revisions, 219p.).

• Folder 6

o Script, Jan 31 – Mar 9, 1967 (xerox, 219p.).

• Folder 7

o Script, final, signed, Apr 11, 1967 (184p.).

Box 91

• Folder 1

o Script, final, Apr 11, 1967 (xerox, 184p.).

• Folder 2

o Listing of characters by book page number, screenplay scene number (Ts, 89p.).

Photographs Box 91

Author’s collection

• Folder 3-4

o Photographs, 1943-1945 (98 originals, 42 duplicates).**

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o Photographs, 1962-1963 (117 originals, 21 duplicates). o Negatives (348 items).

Berlin Senate Archives.

• Folder 5

o Development lists (holo, 4p.). o Photographs, 1945 (68 originals, 1 duplicate).

Box 92

British Army

• Folder 1

o Photographs, 1945 (44 originals, 8 duplicates). • Folder 2

o Glyn-Hughes, General, Letter to Chapman, TLS, Aug 20, 1963 (1p.), o Letter Mrs. Ryan (?) to Glyn-Hughes, TL, Dec 11, 1963 (1p.), o Photographs, 1945 (19 original, 4 duplicates).

Russian military authorities

• Folder 3

o Inventory lists (Russian: Ts, 1p., English: Ts, 3p.), o Photographs, 1945 (100 originals, 26 duplicates; 1 negative, 1 duplicate).**

• Folder 4

o Ryan-Erickson Russian trip, 1963 (19 photographs). • Folder 5

o Ullstein, Berlin (15 originals, 1 duplicate). • Folder 6

o U.S. National Archives (3 originals, 1 duplicate). • Folder 7

o Hugo Welle collection. o Photographs, 1945 (45 originals, 27 duplicates). o Negatives (4 originals, 3 duplicates). o Slides (55 items, 3 with photographs).

• Folder 8

o Miscellaneous sources (5 originals).

Notes: Oversized photographs filed in Box A, #5 are indicated by ** following the inventory description.